diff --git a/target/linux/olpc/image/olpc.fth b/target/linux/olpc/image/olpc.fth
index 3d284d2fcd..abb4bb91d9 100644
--- a/target/linux/olpc/image/olpc.fth
+++ b/target/linux/olpc/image/olpc.fth
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 \ Boot script
 " u:\boot\vmlinuz" to boot-device
-" block2mtd.block2mtd=/dev/sda2,65536,rootfs root=/dev/mtdblock1 rootfstype=squashfs init=/etc/preinit noinitrd console=tty0" to boot-file
+" block2mtd.block2mtd=/dev/sda2,65536,rootfs root=/dev/mtdblock1 rootfstype=squashfs init=/etc/preinit noinitrd console=tty0 rootdelay=5 quiet" to boot-file
 boot