diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/ckpt/ckpt.sh b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/ckpt/ckpt.sh
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--- a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/ckpt/ckpt.sh
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-#! /bin/bash
-
-# Checkpoint/Restart related environment setup
-
-# virtualized pts support
-rm -f /dev/ptmx
-ln -s /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
-chmod 666 /dev/ptmx
-
-# unlinked file support
-for fs in ext3 ext4 nfs gpfs tmpfs; do
-    FSROOTS=$(grep " $fs " /proc/mounts | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-    if [ "$FSROOTS" ]; then
-        for rootfs in $FSROOTS; do
-            if [ -w $rootfs ]; then
-                CKPTDIR="$rootfs/lost+found"
-
-                [ -e $CKPTDIR ] && [ ! -d $CKPTDIR ] && rm -f $CKPTDIR
-
-                if [ ! -e $CKPTDIR ]; then
-                    mkdir -p $CKPTDIR
-                    [ "$?" -eq "0" ] && echo "made dir $CKPTDIR"
-                fi
-            fi
-        done
-    fi
-done
-