diff --git a/util/mtd/burn_mtd b/util/mtd/burn_mtd
index fd794ab335..cf97dfa475 100755
--- a/util/mtd/burn_mtd
+++ b/util/mtd/burn_mtd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # arg1 is the linuxbios.strip to use. default is linuxbios.strip
 # arg2 is the stripped, gzipp'ed kernel. Default is vmlinux.bin.gz
-v=`uname -r`
+# the old script that does insmod by hand is in burn_mtd.old
 rmmod docprobe
 rmmod doc2001
 rmmod docecc
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ fi
 
 flash_on
 
-insmod /lib/modules/${v}/kernel/drivers/mtd/docecc.o
-insmod /lib/modules/${v}/kernel/drivers/mtd/doc2001.o
-insmod /lib/modules/${v}/kernel/drivers/mtd/docprobe.o
+modprobe doc2001
+modprobe docprobe
 
 dd conv=notrunc conv=sync bs=65536 if=${linux} of=vmlinux.bin.gz.block
 dd conv=notrunc conv=sync bs=63k if=${linuxbios} of=linuxbios.block
diff --git a/util/mtd/burn_mtd.old b/util/mtd/burn_mtd.old
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fd794ab335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/mtd/burn_mtd.old
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# arg1 is the linuxbios.strip to use. default is linuxbios.strip
+# arg2 is the stripped, gzipp'ed kernel. Default is vmlinux.bin.gz
+v=`uname -r`
+rmmod docprobe
+rmmod doc2001
+rmmod docecc
+
+if [ $1x = "x" ]; then
+  linuxbios=linuxbios.strip
+else
+  linuxbios=$1
+fi
+
+if [ $2x = "x" ]; then
+  linux=vmlinux.bin.gz
+else
+  linux=$2
+fi
+
+flash_on
+
+insmod /lib/modules/${v}/kernel/drivers/mtd/docecc.o
+insmod /lib/modules/${v}/kernel/drivers/mtd/doc2001.o
+insmod /lib/modules/${v}/kernel/drivers/mtd/docprobe.o
+
+dd conv=notrunc conv=sync bs=65536 if=${linux} of=vmlinux.bin.gz.block
+dd conv=notrunc conv=sync bs=63k if=${linuxbios} of=linuxbios.block
+
+erase /dev/mtd0 0 128
+dd conv=notrunc if=docipl of=/dev/mtd0 
+dd conv=notrunc if=docipl of=/dev/mtd0 seek=1
+dd conv=notrunc if=linuxbios.block of=/dev/mtd0 seek=2
+dd conv=notrunc if=vmlinux.bin.gz.block of=/dev/mtd0 seek=128
+
+rmmod docprobe
+rmmod doc2001
+rmmod docecc