diff --git a/target/bootdisk/powerpc/build.sh b/target/bootdisk/powerpc/build.sh
index a52f60fcd..99a256967 100644
--- a/target/bootdisk/powerpc/build.sh
+++ b/target/bootdisk/powerpc/build.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ then
 	#
 	echo_status "Extracting yaboot boot loader images."
 	mkdir -p boot etc
-	tar --use-compress-program=bzip2 \
+	tar -O --use-compress-program=bzip2 \
 	    -xf $base/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/ROCK/pkgs/yaboot.tar.bz2 \
-	    usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot -O > boot/yaboot
-	tar --use-compress-program=bzip2 \
+	    usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot > boot/yaboot
+	tar -O --use-compress-program=bzip2 \
 	    -xf $base/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/ROCK/pkgs/yaboot.tar.bz2 \
-            usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot.rs6k -O > boot/yaboot.rs6k
+            usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot.rs6k > boot/yaboot.rs6k
 	cp boot/yaboot.rs6k install.bin
 	#
 	echo_status "Creating yaboot config files."
diff --git a/target/bootdisk/powerpc/yaboot.conf b/target/bootdisk/powerpc/yaboot.conf
index ed4af8f1c..dc957e9ac 100644
--- a/target/bootdisk/powerpc/yaboot.conf
+++ b/target/bootdisk/powerpc/yaboot.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 message=/boot/boot.msg
 
 timeout = 120
-default = install
+default = auto
 
 ## CD-ROM Installs ##
+image=/boot/vmlinux
+    label=auto
+    initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
+    initrd-size=8192
+    append="root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc autoboot=1 rw"
+
 image=/boot/vmlinux
     label=install
     initrd=/boot/initrd.gz