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From: Michael--J (MichaelJ_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:35:04 -0700

In platform.reg, i found the following entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\HDProfile]
    "MountFlags"=dword:2

According to the help, to mount this file system as the root, i had to
change MountFlags to have the value of 4. I did this and rebuilt my image.
After that i did an Ethernet boot but nothing was displayed on the device's
monitor. Usually, the CE desktop interface should have come up but it
doesn't. What happened Steve?

Michael--J.

"Michael--J" wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Just had a look at the help, it says that my platform needs to be a ROM-only
> file system in order to do what you said. It says: "An addition to the
> ROM-only file system component allows an external file system to be mounted
> as the root of the entire file system.". However, my platform is a RAM and
> ROM File system. If i make it a ROM-only file system, would that allow me to
> install SQL CE when deploying my C# application?
>
> Also, i'm not quite sure exactly what "<Your File System>" means in
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\<Your File System>]
> "MountFlags"=dword:C
>
> What am i supposed to type there?
>
> Another question, if i do all this, when i run an app, will it run under the
> device's RAM or under the Hard Disk (which is actually a DiskOnModule)?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michael--J.
>
> "Steve Maillet (eMVP)" wrote:
>
> > The registry flush is independent of the actual storage medium so you still
> > need to do that if you are concerned about power failures.
> > Search the Platform Builder help for MountAsRoot and you'll find information
> > regarding how to set up an external file system as the root.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Maillet
> > EmbeddedFusion
> > www.EmbeddedFusion.com
> >
> > Do have an opinion on the effectiveness of Microsoft Windows Mobile and
> > Embedded newsgroups? Let us know!
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> >
> >
> >

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