diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/etc/inittab b/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/etc/inittab
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--- a/xCAT-nbroot/overlay/etc/inittab
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-# /etc/inittab
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2001 Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
-#
-# Note: BusyBox init doesn't support runlevels.  The runlevels field is
-# completely ignored by BusyBox init. If you want runlevels, use
-# sysvinit.
-#
-# Format for each entry: <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
-#
-# id        == tty to run on, or empty for /dev/console
-# runlevels == ignored
-# action    == one of sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait, and once
-# process   == program to run
-
-# Startup the system
-::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc none /proc
-::sysinit:/bin/mount -t sysfs none /sys
-::sysinit:/bin/mount -t tmpfs -o size=64k,mode=0755 none /dev
-::sysinit:/bin/mkdir /dev/pts
-::sysinit:/bin/mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
-::sysinit:/bin/echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
-::sysinit:/sbin/mdev -s
-::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
-::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
-::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
-::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
-# now run any rc scripts
-::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
-
-# Set up a couple of getty's
-#console::respawn:/sbin/getty 19200 console
-tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
-tty2::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
-
-# Put a getty on the serial port
-#ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100
-
-# Logging junk
-null::sysinit:/bin/touch /var/log/messages
-#null::respawn:/sbin/syslogd -n
-#null::respawn:/sbin/klogd -n
-#tty3::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages
-
-# Stuff to do for the 3-finger salute
-::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
-
-# Stuff to do before rebooting
-null::shutdown:/usr/bin/killall klogd
-null::shutdown:/usr/bin/killall syslogd
-null::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
-null::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a
-