diff --git a/target/bootdisk/config.in b/target/bootdisk/config.in
index 8dfc3f48d..53b29f3d7 100644
--- a/target/bootdisk/config.in
+++ b/target/bootdisk/config.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pkgfilter sed '
 / linux /	{ p; d; };	/ ddrescue /    { p; d; };
 / iproute2 /	{ p; d; };	/ wget /	{ p; d; };
 / kiss /	{ p; d; };	/ udev /	{ p; d; };
-/ gmp /		{ p; d; };
+/ gmp /		{ p; d; };	/ rockinitrd /	{ p; d; };
 
 # Select some non-base packages
 / lzo /		{ p; d; };
diff --git a/target/bootdisk/linuxrc2.sh b/target/bootdisk/linuxrc2.sh
index af6122f38..2a8c842b9 100644
--- a/target/bootdisk/linuxrc2.sh
+++ b/target/bootdisk/linuxrc2.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ freeramdisk /dev/rd/* 2> /dev/null
 mkdir -p /lib/modules/$( uname -r )
 echo -n >> /lib/modules/$( uname -r )/modules.dep
 
-udevd --daemon
-echo "/sbin/udevsend" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
-cd /dev ; rm -f fd
+echo "" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
+/sbin/udevstart
+/sbin/udevd --daemon
+cd /dev
+rm -vf fd
 ln -sf /proc/kcore      core
 ln -sf /proc/self/fd    fd
 ln -sf fd/0             stdin