diff --git a/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh b/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh
index cee9cf5cf..c17d4d6dd 100755
--- a/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh
+++ b/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh
@@ -145,18 +145,30 @@ END_SFDISK
 #
 mkfs.vfat ${IMG_DIR}/fat.img
 
+#
+# Create a uEnv.txt file
+# -n default to network boot
+# -p add a prefix to the network booted files (e.g. xm/"
 ./releasetools/gen_uEnv.txt.sh > ${IMG_DIR}/uEnv.txt
+
+#
+#
+# options:
+# -c set console e.g. tty02 or tty00
+# -v set verbosidy e.g. 0 to 3
+./releasetools/gen_cmdline.txt.sh > ${IMG_DIR}/cmdline.txt
+
 echo "Copying configuration kernel and boot modules"
 mcopy -bsp -i ${IMG_DIR}/fat.img  ${IMG_DIR}/$MLO ::MLO
 mcopy -bsp -i ${IMG_DIR}/fat.img ${IMG_DIR}/$UBOOT ::u-boot.img
 mcopy -bsp -i ${IMG_DIR}/fat.img ${IMG_DIR}/uEnv.txt ::uEnv.txt
-mcopy -bsp -i ${IMG_DIR}/fat.img releasetools/cmdline.txt ::cmdline.txt
+mcopy -bsp -i ${IMG_DIR}/fat.img ${IMG_DIR}/cmdline.txt ::cmdline.txt
 
 #
 # For tftp booting
 #
 cp ${IMG_DIR}/uEnv.txt ${OBJ}/
-cp releasetools/cmdline.txt ${OBJ}/
+cp ${IMG_DIR}/cmdline.txt ${OBJ}/
 
 #
 # Do some last processing of the kernel and servers before also putting
diff --git a/releasetools/cmdline.txt b/releasetools/cmdline.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index eb6b0a177..000000000
--- a/releasetools/cmdline.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-console=tty02 rootdevname=c0d0p1s0 verbose=3
diff --git a/releasetools/gen_cmdline.txt.sh b/releasetools/gen_cmdline.txt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f258c2411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasetools/gen_cmdline.txt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#default for the beagleboard-xM
+CONSOLE=tty02 
+#verbosity
+VERBOSE=3 
+while getopts "c:v:?" c
+do
+        case "$c" in
+        \?)
+                echo "Usage: $0 [-c consoletty] [-v level]" >&2
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+        c)
+                # genrate netbooting uEnv.txt
+                CONSOLE=$OPTARG
+		;;
+        v)
+                # genrate netbooting uEnv.txt
+                VERBOSE=$OPTARG
+		;;
+        esac
+done
+
+
+echo console=$CONSOLE rootdevname=c0d0p1s0 verbose=$VERBOSE