diff --git a/kdump_build_helpers/populate_udev_files b/kdump_build_helpers/populate_udev_files
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e54aadc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdump_build_helpers/populate_udev_files
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /etc/kdump-adv-conf/mkdumprd2_functions
+
+BASE_DIR=$1
+STAGE_DIR=$BASE_DIR/stage
+
+# This just grabs all the essential bits from udev into the initramfs
+for i in `rpm -qli udev | grep ^/ | grep -v man | grep -v doc`
+do
+	if [ ! -e $i ]
+	then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [ -d $i ]
+	then
+		mkdir -p $STAGE_DIR/$i
+	else
+		MODE=`stat $i | grep "Access: (" | sed -e 's/\(Access: (\)\([0-7]\{4\}\)\(.*\)/\2/'`
+		install_with_deps $i $MODE 
+	fi
+done
+exit 0
diff --git a/kdump_initscripts/kdumpinit.rootfs b/kdump_initscripts/kdumpinit.rootfs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbf7e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdump_initscripts/kdumpinit.rootfs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/msh
+
+###################################################
+# Start by setting up the console to work as a user
+# expects
+###################################################
+exec >/dev/console 2>&1
+export TERM=linux
+export PS1='initramfs-test:\w\$ '
+stty sane
+
+
+##################################################
+# Start udev up
+##################################################
+start_udev
+
+##################################################
+# Load all the modules based on 
+# /etc/module_load_list
+##################################################
+load_all_modules
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+##################################################
+# Reboot the system to get back to production
+##################################################
+reboot -f
diff --git a/kdump_runtime_helpers/start_udev b/kdump_runtime_helpers/start_udev
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d84ede2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdump_runtime_helpers/start_udev
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+if [ ! -x /bin/udevd ]
+then
+	echo "udev isn't installed in this initramfs!"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# Sart the daemon
+udevd --daemon
+
+# Trigger coldplug events
+udevadm trigger >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+#Wait for events to complete
+udevadm settle --timeout=30 >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index bbb5a73..faa070e 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # 1) reg
 #    reg <source file> <dest path>
 #    A regular file copy from the source to the dst directory
-#
 # 2) creg
 #    creg <source file> <dest path>
 #    like reg, but only copy if the source file exists
@@ -47,6 +46,13 @@
 #################################################### 
 exec	populate_kdump_std_files
 
+
+#################################################### 
+# Pull in udev so that we can easily setup block 
+# devices for lvm and all that
+####################################################
+exec	populate_udev_files
+
 ####################################################
 # This is a rudimentary module population script
 # It looks at the currently loaded modules, copies them
@@ -56,12 +62,6 @@ exec	populate_kdump_std_files
 ###################################################
 exec	generate_module_list
 
-###################################################
-# If we have one, copy the critical disk list 
-# so we don't try to start lvm/mdraid to early
-###################################################
-creg	/etc/kdump-adv-conf/critical_disks	/etc
-
 ###################################################
 # Lets get all our lvm and mdraid configs on board
 ###################################################
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ gen	awk	/etc/fstab	'/^[^#]/{print $1 " /mnt"$2 " "$3 " "$4 " "$5 " "$6}' /etc/fs
 # Grab the standard initscript to capture to the local
 # rootfs
 ###################################################
-ren	/usr/share/kexec-tools/kdumpinit.rootfs	/init
+#ren	/usr/share/kexec-tools/kdumpinit.rootfs	/init
diff --git a/mkdumprd2_functions b/mkdumprd2_functions
index 00a82da..3ccfdb1 100755
--- a/mkdumprd2_functions
+++ b/mkdumprd2_functions
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ load_dependent_libs()
 	local BIN=$1
 	local LIB=""
 
-	ldd $BIN | grep -q "not a dynamic executable"
+	ldd $BIN 2>/dev/null | grep -q "not a dynamic executable"
 	if [ $? == 0 ]
 	then
 		#There are no dependencies, we're done