diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot2/check b/xCAT-nbroot2/check
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d075f1a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot2/check
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ "$1" = "-d" ] && echo network 
+exit 0
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot2/install b/xCAT-nbroot2/install
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..63e703adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot2/install
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo $drivers
+dracut_install wget openssl tar ipmitool cpio gzip dash  modprobe touch echo cut wc
+dracut_install grep ip hostname awk egrep grep dirname expr
+dracut_install mount.nfs sshd vi reboot lspci parted libvirtd /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map.xml mkfs mkfs.ext4 mkfs.btrfs
+dracut_install mkswap df brctl vconfig ifenslave ssh-keygen /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm scp clear
+inst "$moddir/xcatroot" "/sbin/xcatroot"
+inst "/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" "/.ssh/authorized_keys"
+inst "/lib/terminfo/l/linux" "/lib/terminfo/l/linux"
+inst_hook cmdline 10 "$moddir/xcat-cmdline.sh" 
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot2/installkernel b/xCAT-nbroot2/installkernel
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0433e9e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot2/installkernel
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+instmods nfs sunrpc
+instmods e1000 e1000e virtio_net igb ines mlx4_en cxgb3 cxgb4 bnx2 bnx2x bna ixgb qlge mpt2sas ata_piix megaraid_sas virtio_blk ahci ibmaem xhci-hcd sd_mod pmcraid be2net ext3 ext4 btrfs reiserfs usb_storage scsi_wait_scan kvm kvm-intel kvm-amd
+instmods macvlan macvtap 8021q bridge bonding
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot2/xcat-cmdline.sh b/xCAT-nbroot2/xcat-cmdline.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3f4b5a9ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot2/xcat-cmdline.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+root=1
+rootok=1
+netroot=xcat
+clear
+echo "Wating for network to become available..."
+echo '[ -e $NEWROOT/proc ]' > /initqueue-finished/xcatroot.sh
+#/bin/dash
+mkdir -p /etc/ssh
+mkdir -p /var/empty/sshd
+echo sshd:x:30:30:SSH User:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin >> /etc/passwd
+ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -C '' -N ''
+ssh-keygen -q -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -C '' -N ''
+echo 'Protocol 2' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+/usr/sbin/sshd
diff --git a/xCAT-nbroot2/xcatroot b/xCAT-nbroot2/xcatroot
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b510baabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-nbroot2/xcatroot
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Starting xCAT mini-environment" 
+NEWROOT=$3
+XCATMASTER=$XCAT
+while :
+do
+ /bin/dash
+done