diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse16/profiles/server/initprofile.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse16/profiles/server/initprofile.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# WARNING
+# be careful when editing files here as this script is called
+# in parallel to other copy operations, so changes to files can be lost
+discnum=$(basename $1)
+if [ "$discnum" != 1 ]; then exit 0; fi
+if [ -e $2/boot/kernel ]; then exit 0; fi
+profile=$(basename $2)
+
+sed -i 's/sle 15/SUSE Linux Enterprise 15/; s/opensuse_leap/openSUSE Leap/' $2/profile.yaml
+ln -s $1/boot/x86_64/loader/linux $2/boot/kernel && \
+ln -s $1/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd $2/boot/initramfs/distribution && \
+mkdir -p $2/boot/efi/boot && \
+ln -s $1/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi $1/EFI/BOOT/grub.efi $2/boot/efi/boot/