4 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/packages/altboot/files/akita/altboot.cfg b/packages/altboot/files/akita/altboot.cfg
index 254aac95a2..8361b28f2a 100644
--- a/packages/altboot/files/akita/altboot.cfg
+++ b/packages/altboot/files/akita/altboot.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TIMEOUT="3"
 REAL_INIT="/sbin/init.sysvinit"
 SH_SHELL="/bin/sh"
 IMAGE_PATH="boot-images"
+IMAGE_TYPE="ext2"
 FSCK_IMAGES="yes"
 SD_DEVICE="/dev/mmcda1"
 SD_KERNEL_MODULE="/lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/block/sharp_mmcsd_m.o"
diff --git a/packages/altboot/files/altboot.func b/packages/altboot/files/altboot.func
index 642587b630..0598c8ce93 100644
--- a/packages/altboot/files/altboot.func
+++ b/packages/altboot/files/altboot.func
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ pivot_image() {
 	if [ "$IMAGE_TYPE" = "" ]; then
 		IMAGE_TYPE="auto"
 	fi
-	mount -t $IMAGE_TYPE /dev/loop0 /media/image || die "mount /dev/loop0 /media/image failed!"
-
+	# If mount fails it has the tendency to spew out a _lot_ of error messages.
+	# We direct the output to /dev/null so the user can see which step actually failed.
+	mount -t $IMAGE_TYPE /dev/loop0 /media/image >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "mount -t $IMAGE_TYPE  /dev/loop0 /media/image failed!"
 
 	mkdir -p /media/image/media/ROM || die "mkdir -p /media/image/media/ROM failed"
 
diff --git a/packages/altboot/files/collie/altboot.cfg b/packages/altboot/files/collie/altboot.cfg
index 5b979e7ae4..9d2560f76b 100644
--- a/packages/altboot/files/collie/altboot.cfg
+++ b/packages/altboot/files/collie/altboot.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TIMEOUT="3"
 REAL_INIT="/sbin/init.sysvinit"
 SH_SHELL="/bin/sh"
 IMAGE_PATH="boot-images"
+IMAGE_TYPE="ext2"
 FSCK_IMAGES="no"
 SD_DEVICE="/dev/mmcda1"
 SD_KERNEL_MODULE="/lib/modules/2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix/kernel/drivers/block/sharp_mmcsd_m.o"
diff --git a/packages/altboot/files/poodle/altboot.cfg b/packages/altboot/files/poodle/altboot.cfg
index 5b979e7ae4..9d2560f76b 100644
--- a/packages/altboot/files/poodle/altboot.cfg
+++ b/packages/altboot/files/poodle/altboot.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TIMEOUT="3"
 REAL_INIT="/sbin/init.sysvinit"
 SH_SHELL="/bin/sh"
 IMAGE_PATH="boot-images"
+IMAGE_TYPE="ext2"
 FSCK_IMAGES="no"
 SD_DEVICE="/dev/mmcda1"
 SD_KERNEL_MODULE="/lib/modules/2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix/kernel/drivers/block/sharp_mmcsd_m.o"