Re: Using hpcboot with keyboard only

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Nikos Ntarmos wrote:

> If you use WinCE only to boot your NetBSD system, you can:
> 1. add an Autorun.inf on the msdos partition of your cf [1, 2], and
> 2. activate the 'boot automatically' and the 'no confirmation' options
>   of hpcboot (I don't remember the exact phrasing of these options but
>   iirc they were under the 'options' tab).
>
> That way, when the system fires up (right after the flashing-colors
> Jornada screen), hpcboot will be executed and the system will switch to
> NetBSD without any human intervention.
>
> \n\n

That's an excellent idea, but it wouldn't allow me to switch from wd 
to nfs boot, which is almost the only reason I ever do this. 
Otherwise, I just shutdown -r to reboot and bypass wince entirely.

Mike