edit] How do I boot from the ok prompt?
OFW FAQ - OLPCWikiIf you just let OFW auto-boot, booting from NAND FLASH should just work, provided that there is no USB disk with a valid kernel (/boot/vmlinuz) or boot script (/boot/olpc-boot.fth). If you want to boot from NAND FLASH manually (i.e. from the ok prompt), you will first have to set the boot-file , boot-device , and ramdisk configuration variables. There are three ways to do that: If your NAND FLASH has a kernel in the standard place, i.e.
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