diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go b/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go
index 58a3fda4..df9765c3 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func init() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(c, "nodeprofiles:\n")
 		fmt.Fprintf(c, "  default:\n")
 		fmt.Fprintf(c, "    comment: This profile is automatically included for each node\n")
-		fmt.Fprintf(c, "    kernel args: crashkernel=no quiet\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(c, "    kernel args: crashkernel=no vga=791 rootfstype=ramfs quiet\n")
 		fmt.Fprintf(c, "nodes: {}\n")
 
 		c.Close()
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/init.ww b/overlays/system/default/init.ww
index 5b568c41..a05f3148 100755
--- a/overlays/system/default/init.ww
+++ b/overlays/system/default/init.ww
@@ -4,86 +4,36 @@
 # know what you are doing and even then you should make a backup.
 #
 # Edit at your own risk! DANGER DANGER.
-mkdir /newroot
-mount wwroot /newroot -t tmpfs
 
-cat <<EOF >/newroot/wwinit
-#!/bin/sh
 
-mount -t proc none /proc
-mount -t sysfs none /sys
+echo "Warewulf v4 is now booting"
+
+chmod 755 /warewulf/wwinit
+
+echo "Mounting up kernel file systems"
+mkdir /proc /dev /sys /run 2>/dev/null
+mount -t proc proc /proc
 mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
+mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
+mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /run
 
-# This will eventually be optional
-if true; then
-    if [ -f "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" ]; then
-        sed -i -e '/^account.*pam_unix\.so\s*$/s/\s*$/\ broken_shadow/' /etc/pam.d/system-auth
-    fi
+echo "Checking for 'rootfstype=ramfs'"
+ROOTFSTYPE=`stat -f -c "%T" /`
 
-    if [ -f "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" ]; then
-        sed -i -e '/^account.*pam_unix\.so\s*$/s/\s*$/\ broken_shadow/' /etc/pam.d/password-auth
-    fi
-
-    if [ -f "/etc/pam.d/common-account" ]; then
-        sed -i -e '/^account.*pam_unix\.so\s*$/s/\s*$/\ broken_shadow/' /etc/pam.d/common-account
-    fi
+if test "$ROOTFSTYPE" == "ramfs"; then
+    echo "Running on ramfs, setting up tmpfs"
+    mkdir /newroot
+    mount wwroot /newroot -t tmpfs
+    echo "Moving RAMFS to TMPFS"
+    tar -cf - --exclude ./proc --exclude ./sys --exclude ./dev --exclude ./newroot . | tar -xf - -C /newroot
+    mkdir /newroot/proc /newroot/dev /newroot/sys /newroot/run 2>/dev/null
+    echo "Calling switch_root() and invoking WW Init"
+    exec /sbin/switch_root /newroot /warewulf/wwinit
+else
+    echo "Running on tmpfs"
+    echo "Calling WW Init"
+    exec /warewulf/wwinit
 fi
 
-/sbin/ip link set dev lo up
-
-nohup /warewulf/bin/wwclient >/var/log/wwclient.log 2>&1 </dev/null &
-
-if test -x /sbin/load_policy && test -x /sbin/restorecon; then
-    /sbin/load_policy -i
-    /sbin/restorecon -r /
-fi
-
-echo "Calling {{$.Init}}..."
-echo
-
-rm /wwinit
-chmod 755 /
-
-sleep 2
-exec {{$.Init}}
-EOF
-chmod 755 /newroot/wwinit
-
-tar -cf - --exclude /proc --exclude /sys --exclude /dev --exclude /newroot . | tar -xf - -C /newroot
-mount proc /proc -t proc
-exec /sbin/switch_root /newroot /wwinit
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-/bin/bash
-
-# Considering what to do if we are operating on a read only root
-if false; then
-  mkdir -p /mnt/.lowerdir
-  mkdir -p /mnt/.overlaytmp
-  mount -t tmpfs -o size=10M none /mnt/.overlaytmp
-  mkdir -p /mnt/.overlaytmp/upperdir
-  mkdir -p /mnt/.overlaytmp/workdir
-  mkdir -p /mnt/.newroot
-
-  mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=/mnt/.lowerdir,upperdir=/mnt/.overlaytmp/upperdir,workdir=/mnt/.overlaytmp/workdir none /mnt/.newroot
-
-  cd /mnt/.newroot
-  pivot_root . /mnt
-
-fi
-
-nohup /warewulf/bin/wwclient >/var/log/wwclient.log 2>&1 </dev/null &
-
-nohup /ipmi >/var/log/ipmi.log 2>&1 </dev/null &
-
-chmod 755 /
-echo "Calling {{$.Init}}..."
-echo
-
-sleep 2
-exec {{$.Init}}
+echo "We should never ever get here, but since we did, it means something went wrong so rebooting"
+/sbin/reboot
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/20-localhost b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/20-localhost
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c000de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/20-localhost
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Bringing up lo:127.0.0.1"
+/sbin/ip link set dev lo up
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/ipmi.ww b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/50-ipmi.ww
similarity index 99%
rename from overlays/system/default/ipmi.ww
rename to overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/50-ipmi.ww
index 5d10b075..39dbafc2 100755
--- a/overlays/system/default/ipmi.ww
+++ b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/50-ipmi.ww
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ error_exit() {
 
 export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
 
-set -x
-
 IP="{{$.IpmiIpaddr}}"
 NETMASK="{{$.IpmiNetmask}}"
 [ -z "$NETMASK" ] && NETMASK="{{$.NetDevs.eth0.Netmask}}"
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/75-vnfs_fixes b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/75-vnfs_fixes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1674d8d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/75-vnfs_fixes
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+
+
+# This will eventually be optional
+if true; then
+    if [ -f "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" ]; then
+        echo "FIXING: system-auth"
+        sed -i -e '/^account.*pam_unix\.so\s*$/s/\s*$/\ broken_shadow/' /etc/pam.d/system-auth
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" ]; then
+        echo "FIXING: password-auth"
+        sed -i -e '/^account.*pam_unix\.so\s*$/s/\s*$/\ broken_shadow/' /etc/pam.d/password-auth
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "/etc/pam.d/common-account" ]; then
+        echo "FIXING: common-account"
+        sed -i -e '/^account.*pam_unix\.so\s*$/s/\s*$/\ broken_shadow/' /etc/pam.d/common-account
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+chmod 755 /
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0563a5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Starting wwclient"
+nohup /warewulf/bin/wwclient >/var/log/wwclient.log 2>&1 </dev/null &
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/90-selinux b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/90-selinux
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9154c545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/init.d/90-selinux
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+if test -f "/etc/sysconfig/selinux"; then
+    . /etc/sysconfig/selinux
+    if test "\$SELINUX" == "disabled"; then
+        echo "Skipping SELinux setup per /etc/sysconfig/selinux"
+    elif grep -q "selinux=0" /proc/cmdline; then
+        echo "Skipping SELinux setup per kernel command line"
+    else
+        echo "Setting up SELinux"
+        /sbin/load_policy -i
+        /sbin/restorecon -r /
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Skipping SELinux setup"
+fi
diff --git a/overlays/system/default/warewulf/wwinit.ww b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/wwinit.ww
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b2c728e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/system/default/warewulf/wwinit.ww
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Hello from WWINIT"
+
+for i in /warewulf/init.d/*; do
+    NAME=`basename $i`
+    echo "Launching: $NAME"
+    sh "$i"
+done
+
+/bin/bash
+
+echo "Cleaning up"
+
+echo "Calling {{$.Init}}..."
+echo
+
+sleep 2
+exec {{$.Init}}