diff --git a/targets/Linux-i386 b/targets/Linux-i386
index 6240406..b1ea28b 100644
--- a/targets/Linux-i386
+++ b/targets/Linux-i386
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ _image_ramdisk()
 
 	echo
 	echo -n "Creating ramdisk:"
-	$GENEXT2FS -b "$IMAGE_SIZE" -d "$DESTDIR" "$IMAGE_FILE"
+	$GENEXT2FS -b "$IMAGE_SIZE" -d "$DESTDIR" "$IMAGE_FILE"	|| exit 2
 	echo
 	$DU "$IMAGE_FILE"