README for cubieboard Cubieboard uses U-Boot as the default bootloader, so you'll need to convert the kernel and/or the ramdisk image to u-boot format and use some binary scripts required for u-boot depending on the different media types you will use. To build the kernel image: $ make kernel To build the ramdisk (uInitrd): $ make ramdisk or $ make ramdisk RAMDISK_TYPE=initramfs To build boot scripts: $ make CONSOLE_DEVICE=tty0 or $ make CONSOLE_DEVICE=ttymxc0,115200