Boot Loader Development
The Microsoft® Windows® CE .NET boot loader is code that resides on a Windows CE target device. The boot loader manages the boot process of the device by initializing the device, downloading the OS image, and starting the image on the device. Because the boot loader is used only for development, it resides only on the device. You do not need to include it with your Windows CE platform.
Platform Builder provides sample code for each development platform that is supported. To properly initialize your target development board, you can develop a boot loader by simply modifying one of the sample boot loaders provided in Platform Builder. You can also develop a boot loader separately to incorporate processes specific to your platform.
Platform Builder includes a variety of building blocks to help you use and develop boot loaders for a Windows CE device. The following list shows some of the elements included in Platform Builder to assist you:
- Programming guidelines
- An application programming interface (API) reference
- Code samples
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Last updated on Friday, October 08, 2004
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