diff --git a/board/miyoo/boot/configs/.backlight.conf b/board/miyoo/boot/configs/.backlight.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f11c82a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/miyoo/boot/configs/.backlight.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/miyoo/boot/configs/.volume.conf b/board/miyoo/boot/configs/.volume.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7930257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/miyoo/boot/configs/.volume.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/miyoo/boot/configs/manifest b/board/miyoo/boot/configs/manifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d259ab35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/miyoo/boot/configs/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+! manifest
+! format: each line corresponds to one file to be copied over
+! from_file(as_appears_in_this_directory) to_file(relative_to_root_of_main_partition)
+!   to_file is optional; if missing will use from_file
+.backlight.conf
+.volume.conf
+gmenu2x.conf gmenu2x/gmenu2x.conf
+input.conf gmenu2x/input.conf
+! leave this last line here
diff --git a/board/miyoo/boot/firstboot b/board/miyoo/boot/firstboot
index 8c80f6c9..348ebba7 100755
--- a/board/miyoo/boot/firstboot
+++ b/board/miyoo/boot/firstboot
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ swapon /dev/mmcblk0p3 | tee -a ${LOG}
 LOG=/dev/null
 
 BINDIR="${MOUNTDIR}/misc/bin"
-FATFSCK="${BINDIR}/fsck.fat"
+FATFSCK="fsck.fat"
 
 # high brightness
 echo '10' > /sys/devices/platform/backlight/backlight/backlight/brightness
diff --git a/board/miyoo/boot/misc/bin/README.md b/board/miyoo/boot/misc/bin/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d49621d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/miyoo/boot/misc/bin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# some statically compiled binaries
+* `fatresize_hc` is a "minimal fat resize example" using `libparted`; the source code is [here](https://github.com/flabbergast/fatresize/tree/hardcoded); compiling requires static(musl) toolchain from the above buildroot
diff --git a/board/miyoo/boot/misc/bin/fatresize_hc b/board/miyoo/boot/misc/bin/fatresize_hc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..988767a4
Binary files /dev/null and b/board/miyoo/boot/misc/bin/fatresize_hc differ
diff --git a/board/miyoo/genimage-sdcard.cfg b/board/miyoo/genimage-sdcard.cfg
index 30a840a4..b5ae61ca 100644
--- a/board/miyoo/genimage-sdcard.cfg
+++ b/board/miyoo/genimage-sdcard.cfg
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ image bootfs.vfat {
 			"boot/firstboot.custom.sh-OFF",
 			"boot/normalboot.custom.sh"
 		}
+		file misc/bin/fatresize_hc {
+			image = "boot/misc/bin/fatresize_hc"
+		}
+		file configs/manifest {
+			image = "boot/configs/manifest"
+		}
+		file configs/.volume.conf {
+			image = "boot/configs/.volume.conf"
+		}
+		file configs/.backlight.conf {
+			image = "boot/configs/.backlight.conf"
+		}
 	}
 	size = 8M
 }
diff --git a/board/miyoo/scripts/genimage.sh b/board/miyoo/scripts/genimage.sh
index e0687ebb..3e06a792 100755
--- a/board/miyoo/scripts/genimage.sh
+++ b/board/miyoo/scripts/genimage.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ SELFDIR=`dirname \`realpath ${0}\``
 #BOOT_CMD="boot.cmd"
 #OUTPUT_NAME="boot.scr"
 
-cp -r board/miyoo/boot/ "${BINARIES_DIR}"
-cp -r board/miyoo/main/ "${BINARIES_DIR}"
+cp -r board/miyoo/boot "${BINARIES_DIR}"
+cp -r board/miyoo/main "${BINARIES_DIR}"
 #cd "${BINARIES_DIR}"
 #"${MKIMAGE}" -f boot/${BOOT_CMD} ${OUTPUT_NAME}
 #rm boot/${BOOT_CMD}