Uboot_and_Mkimage

U-boot is another bootloader for embedded devices, while we are not using it directly in this project will will be using it's format for kernel and initrd packages. We will also be using it to generate images that can be booted with bootie.

Getting the U-boot utilities

You can get u-boot and it's utilities' source code here.

If you prefer you can install a package with it already built, for example on Ubuntu

sudo -s
apt-get install uboot-mkimage