format: mkfs.vfat

just to why i defend the uboot:

there is no sane solution for booting with maemo atm. and uboot has everything that is needed to get such a solution.

you can have a bootmenue with a fancy picture in the background. just like you have it with grub.

you can put unlimited number of kernels on the disk and choose between them. just like you know it from grub.

you can have as many partitions or systems to be loaded as you want to and chose between them. just like you know it from grub.

you can have a easy config file e.g. just a file with some name, kernel and partition to load like you are used to it from grub.

and you have shell in the bootloader to manually start if everything else fails.+

and you can have all that without neccessity to flash.

you can have a serial console.

you can even boot via tinyftp(rescueimage for instance).

uboot is used that way and has prooven enough that this is fit for it.

but: parts are afaik broken and others(bootmenue) you need to create or adapt from another machine.

what it sure can't solve is broken kernels or broken flashers or kernels that don't override it(deinstalling)....
what it can provide is to get rid of all the complicated flashing stuff and replace it with simplicity. while usability is not given atm it has everything to achieve it. while all the other stuff currently used doesn't have a chance to get there.