Factory-configured DreamPlugs need their internal u-boot firmware updated and re-configured to boot from the SD card. You may want to remove the internal microSD card for the sake of simplicity. This will result in u-boot and linux boot warnings, but these can be ignored. The desired u-boot configuration is: baudrate=115200 bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sdb2 rootdelay=10 bootcmd=${x_bootcmd_usb}; ${x_bootcmd_kernel}; ${x_bootcmd_initrd}; setenv bootargs ${x_bootargs} ${x_bootargs_root}; bootm 0x6400000 0x6900000; x_bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 x_bootargs_root=root=/dev/sdb2 rootdelay=10 x_bootcmd_initrd=fatload usb 1:1 0x6900000 uInitrd x_bootcmd_kernel=fatload usb 1:1 0x6400000 uImage x_bootcmd_usb=usb start HOWTO: flash and configure u-boot ----------------------------------- The default SD card images include the u-boot firmware required to boot from the card. Insert a flashed SD card into the DreamPlug and connect with screen: $ screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 Power up the DreamPlug and quickly press enter in the screen session to interrupt boot. Then enter the following commands into the running u-boot session (change the last argument of the 'sf write' line, in hex, if the .kwb file size changes from exactly 196076 bytes): usb start fatload usb 1 0x6400000 uboot.2012.04.01-2_armel.kwb sf probe 0 sf erase 0x0 0x80000 sf write 0x6400000 0x0 0x2fdec setenv baudrate 115200 setenv bootcmd '${x_bootcmd_usb}; ${x_bootcmd_kernel}; ${x_bootcmd_initrd}; setenv bootargs ${x_bootargs} ${x_bootargs_root} ${x_bootargs_console}; bootm 0x6400000 0x6900000;' setenv x_bootargs_console 'ttyS0,115200' setenv x_bootargs_root 'root=/dev/sdb2 rootdelay=10' setenv x_bootcmd_initrd 'fatload usb 1:1 0x6900000 uInitrd' setenv x_bootcmd_kernel 'fatload usb 1:1 0x6400000 uImage' setenv x_bootcmd_usb 'usb start' saveenv reset