diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage
index 2e791ce6..56597086 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if [ ! -f /sysroot/tmp/installdisk ]; then
     done
 fi
 lvm vgchange -a n
+/sysroot/usr/sbin/wipefs -a /dev/$(cat /sysroot/tmp/installdisk)
 udevadm control -e
 if [ -f /sysroot/etc/lvm/devices/system.devices ]; then
     rm /sysroot/etc/lvm/devices/system.devices
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/syncfiles.py b/confluent_server/confluent/syncfiles.py
index 6c11d072..70e5bdaf 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/syncfiles.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/syncfiles.py
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ def sync_list_to_node(sl, node, suffixes, peerip=None):
         targip = node
         if peerip:
             targip = peerip
+        #BOOO, need stderr!!!
         output = util.run(
             ['rsync', '-rvLD', targdir + '/', 'root@[{}]:/'.format(targip)])[0]
     except Exception as e:
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ def sync_list_to_node(sl, node, suffixes, peerip=None):
                     unreadablefiles.append(filename.replace(targdir, ''))
         if unreadablefiles:
             raise Exception("Syncing failed due to unreadable files: " + ','.join(unreadablefiles))
-        elif b'Permission denied, please try again.' in e.stderr:
+        elif hasattr(e, 'stderr') and e.stderr and b'Permission denied, please try again.' in e.stderr:
             raise Exception('Syncing failed due to authentication error, is the confluent automation key not set up (osdeploy initialize -a) or is there some process replacing authorized_keys on the host?')
         else:
             raise
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ def stage_ent(currmap, ent, targdir, appendexist=False):
     everyfent = []
     allfents = ent.split()
     for tmpent in allfents:
-        fents = glob.glob(tmpent)
+        fents = glob.glob(tmpent) # TODO: recursive globbing?
         if not fents:
             raise Exception('No matching files for "{}"'.format(tmpent))
         everyfent.extend(fents)
diff --git a/imgutil/imgutil b/imgutil/imgutil
index 959c4a17..022279cc 100644
--- a/imgutil/imgutil
+++ b/imgutil/imgutil
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ def get_partition_info():
         dev, mount, fs, flags = entry.split()[:4]
         if mount not in capmounts:
             continue
+        if '/dev/zram' in dev:
+            continue
         fsinfo = os.statvfs(mount)
         partinfo = {
             'mount': mount,