BinFS and the Bootpart Library (Windows CE 5.0)
The boot loader uses the Bootpart library to create a partition that enables BinFS and another file system, such as FAT, to be located on the same flash memory. The boot loader can use Bootpart to create the BinFS partition as well as a second partition. The second partition can either be a specific partition such as TFAT, or an extended partition. The second partition must be an extended partition if multiple data partitions are to be used. An extended partition also provides the flexibility to create one or more data partitions through the operating system (OS) using OS utilities.
Bootpart can also create a boot partition to store boot arguments. The flash blocks that contain the master boot record section, BinFS region, and the boot arguments partition are read-only and you cannot modify them. In addition, the BinFS and Boot partitions are marked as read-only so that you cannot format or delete the partitions themselves.
In order for MSPART to recognize the BinFS partition, you must add the following registry keys to the partition table.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\PartitionTable]
"20"="BOOT"
"21"="BINFS"
See Also
Binary Rom Image File System (BinFS)
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