diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c48862..6a2eed1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 dl
+*.deb
diff --git a/mk_mmc.sh b/mk_mmc.sh
index 7485488..5d38e2d 100755
--- a/mk_mmc.sh
+++ b/mk_mmc.sh
@@ -543,13 +543,16 @@ function dd_uboot {
 
 sudo dd if=${TEMPDIR}/dl/${UBOOT} of=${MMC} seek=1 bs=1024
 
-sudo parted --script ${PARTED_ALIGN} ${MMC} mkpart primary ext3 10 100
+#for now, lets default to fat16
+sudo parted --script ${PARTED_ALIGN} ${MMC} mkpart primary fat16 10 100
+#sudo parted --script ${PARTED_ALIGN} ${MMC} mkpart primary ext3 10 100
 
 echo ""
 echo "Formating Boot Partition"
 echo ""
 
-sudo mkfs.ext3 ${MMC}${PARTITION_PREFIX}1 -L ${BOOT_LABEL}
+sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 ${MMC}${PARTITION_PREFIX}1 -n ${BOOT_LABEL}
+#sudo mkfs.ext3 ${MMC}${PARTITION_PREFIX}1 -L ${BOOT_LABEL}
 
 }