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43 is a program that runs under
48 It needs to be installed in a RISC OS filesystem and given file
50 The kernel it is to load also needs to be stored in a
54 It takes the following standard
56 options, which set flags in the
58 variable in the booted kernel (see
60 Not all flags may be effective.
64 Cause the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the device containing the
68 to prompt for the name of the kernel to be loaded.
71 Cause the kernel to ask
73 to boot into single-user mode.
76 Cause the kernel to enter the kernel debugger as soon as possible.
79 Enter the in-kernel device configuration manager before attaching any
83 Cause the kernel to emit fewer messages than normal while starting up.
86 Cause the kernel to emit more messages than normal while starting up.
90 attempts to load the kernel from the RISC OS file specified as
97 The file must be an ELF image, and may have been compressed using
101 is implemented as a RISC OS relocatable module.
102 It can be loaded into memory by running
106 can be booted by running
108 as usual, but the command will be handled by the module.
110 It should also be possible to arrange for
112 to be loaded from ROM (e.g., from the ROM on an expansion card), in which case
114 could be made to boot automatically by making
116 the configured language using
117 .Ql *Configure Language .
121 displays the number of 4 kilobyte memory pages it has been delegated by RISC-OS
122 and gives a summary about the memory map as reported by RISC-OS followed by a
123 table of physical memory ranges available to the bootloader.
124 All this information is mainly for bughunting booting problems.
126 It then checks its internal structures and kicks out RISC-OS, relocates all
127 memory pages loaded in to their final destinations and kickstarts
131 .It Pa /usr/mdec/boot32,ffa
149 as a replacement for the original
151 bootloader, which was written in BBC BASIC.
154 cannot load kernels from a