diff --git a/livecd-iso-to-pxeboot.sh b/livecd-iso-to-pxeboot.sh
index 05c653d..b53a5cc 100755
--- a/livecd-iso-to-pxeboot.sh
+++ b/livecd-iso-to-pxeboot.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,27 @@ ISODIRNAME=`dirname "$ISO"`
   gzip -9 |
   cat $CDMNT/isolinux/initrd0.img - > tftpboot/initrd0.img
 
+# XXX patch the initramfs scripts
+set -x
+zcat $CDMNT/isolinux/initrd0.img | cpio -idu init sbin/real-init
+
+sed -i '/^exec/i \echo "INIT: EXEC REAL-INIT"' init
+sed -i '2i \echo "REAL-INIT: START"' sbin/real-init
+#sed -i 's/udevd --daemon/& --debug-trace; echo "DEBUG ADDED"/' sbin/real-init
+#sed -i 's/udev_log=\\"error/udev_log=\\"debug/' sbin/real-init
+
+# add settle back
+# reverts http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=mkinitrd;a=commitdiff;h=0016a5fb236839db31344fef1c87ad68680e301b
+sed -i '/udevadm trigger$/a \ /sbin/udevadm settle --timeout=30 || :' sbin/real-init
+
+# remove plymouth from initrd
+sed -i '/plymouth/d' init
+sed -i '/plymouth/d' sbin/real-init
+
+printf "%s\n" init sbin/real-init | cpio -H newc -o | gzip -9 >> tftpboot/initrd0.img
+set +x
+# XXX
+
 # Kernel image.
 cp $CDMNT/isolinux/vmlinuz0 tftpboot/vmlinuz0