diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
index b1e07bec..d06cdf3e 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ fakeroot do_rootfs () {
 	rm -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/init.d/udev-cache
 	rm -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/rc*.d/*udev-cache*
 
+	rm -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/rcS.d/S03udev
+	rm -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/rcS.d/*networking
+
 	# The default fstab has /, which we don't want, and we do want /sys and /dev/shm
 	cat > ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/fstab << EOF
 tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomeinit b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomeinit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..816cc4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomeinit
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Screw sysvinit.
+
+if test -f /var/lib/random-seed
+then
+    cat /var/lib/random-seed >/dev/urandom
+fi
+rm -f /var/lib/random-seed
+umask 077
+dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/lib/random-seed count=1 \
+    >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "urandom start: failed."
+umask 022
+
+if test -f /etc/hostname
+then
+	hostname -F /etc/hostname
+fi
+
+echo "Mounting local filesystems"
+mount -at nonfs,nosmbfs,noncpfs 2>/dev/null
+
+if test ! -p /dev/initctl
+then
+	rm -f /dev/initctl
+	mknod -m 600 /dev/initctl p
+fi
+kill -USR1 1
+
+swapon -a
+
+mkdir -p /var/run/dbus
+echo "Starting dbus-daemon"
+/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
+sleep 1
+echo "Starting NetworkManager"
+/usr/sbin/NetworkManager &
+echo "Starting udev"
+/usr/libexec/udevd --daemon
+sleep 1
+/usr/sbin/udevadm trigger
+echo "booted!"
+
diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomeudev b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomeudev
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe5b7b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomeudev
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/usr/libexec/udevd --daemon
+sleep 1
+/usr/sbin/udevadm trigger
+
diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 4bf77c05..5b839682 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SRC_URI = "file://functions \
            file://mountnfs.sh \
            file://NetworkManager \
            file://dbus \
+           file://gnomeudev \
            file://reboot \
            file://single \
            file://sendsigs \
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ do_install () {
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/hostname.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/mountall.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/NetworkManager	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/gnomeudev		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/dbus              ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/mountnfs.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/reboot		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
@@ -86,13 +88,11 @@ do_install () {
 #	ln -sf		../init.d/urandom	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc6.d/S30urandom
 	ln -sf		../init.d/umountnfs.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc6.d/S31umountnfs.sh
 	ln -sf		../init.d/umountfs	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc6.d/S40umountfs
-	# udev will run at S55 if installed
 	ln -sf		../init.d/reboot	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc6.d/S90reboot
 	ln -sf		../init.d/sendsigs	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc0.d/S20sendsigs
 #	ln -sf		../init.d/urandom	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc0.d/S30urandom
 	ln -sf		../init.d/umountnfs.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc0.d/S31umountnfs.sh
 	ln -sf		../init.d/umountfs	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc0.d/S40umountfs
-	# udev will run at S55 if installed
 	ln -sf		../init.d/halt		${D}${sysconfdir}/rc0.d/S90halt
 	ln -sf		../init.d/save-rtc.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc0.d/S25save-rtc.sh
 	ln -sf		../init.d/save-rtc.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rc6.d/S25save-rtc.sh
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ do_install () {
 	ln -sf		../init.d/hostname.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S39hostname.sh
 	ln -sf		../init.d/dbus	        ${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S40dbus
 	ln -sf		../init.d/NetworkManager	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S41NetworkManager
+	ln -sf		../init.d/gnomeudev     ${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S03gnomeudev
 	ln -sf		../init.d/mountnfs.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S45mountnfs.sh
 	ln -sf		../init.d/bootmisc.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S55bootmisc.sh
 #	ln -sf		../init.d/urandom	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S55urandom