Boot Linux from SPI flash on De0-nano

For a project I am required to boot Linux from SPI flash onto my De0-nano board. Currently I use the command terminal to program the board with quartus commands and telnet to load a linux kernel I built for the board in elf format onto the board using the screen tool to view the output and interact through a uart module. Everything seems to work correctly; however, I seem to be having issues storing linux onto the board. Any suggestions or directions would be appreciated.