diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
index a37e704b..8d690658 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
@@ -188,83 +188,6 @@ for addr in $(grep ^MANAGER: /etc/confluent/confluent.info|awk '{print $2}'|sed
     fi
 done
 confluent_mgr=$(grep ^deploy_server: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg| awk '{print $2}')
-confluent_urls="$confluent_urls https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/rootimg.sfs"
-mkdir -p /mnt/remoteimg /mnt/remote /mnt/overlay
-# if untethered
-# offer alternative to urlmount here, download and mount it if the 
-# user wants to expend ram to be untethered, proc/cmdline to configure
-# else
-/opt/confluent/bin/urlmount $confluent_urls /mnt/remoteimg
-mount -o loop,ro /mnt/remoteimg/*.sfs /mnt/remote
-#mount -t tmpfs overlay /mnt/overlay
-modprobe zram
-echo 16G > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
-mkfs.xfs /dev/zram0
-mount /dev/zram0 /mnt/overlay
-mkdir -p /mnt/overlay/upper /mnt/overlay/work
-mount -t overlay -o upperdir=/mnt/overlay/upper,workdir=/mnt/overlay/work,lowerdir=/mnt/remote disklessroot /sysroot
-mkdir -p /sysroot/etc/ssh
-mkdir -p /sysroot/etc/confluent
-mkdir -p /sysroot/root/.ssh
-cp /root/.ssh/* /sysroot/root/.ssh
-chmod 700 /sysroot/root/.ssh
-cp /etc/confluent/* /sysroot/etc/confluent/
-cp /etc/ssh/*key* /sysroot/etc/ssh/
-for pubkey in /etc/ssh/ssh_host*key.pub; do
-    certfile=${pubkey/.pub/-cert.pub}
-    privfile=${pubkey%.pub}
-    if [ -s $certfile ]; then
-        echo HostCertificate $certfile >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
-    fi
-    echo HostKey $privfile >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
-done
-
-mkdir -p /sysroot/dev /sysroot/sys /sysroot/proc /sysroot/run
-if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then
-    autocons=${autocons%,*}
-    mkdir -p /run/systemd/generator/getty.target.wants
-    ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/serial-getty@.service /run/systemd/generator/getty.target.wants/serial-getty@${autocons}.service
-fi
-while [ ! -e /sysroot/sbin/init ]; do
-    echo "Failed to access root filesystem or it is missing /sbin/init"
-    echo "System should be accessible through ssh at port 2222 with the appropriate key"
-    while [ ! -e /sysroot/sbin/init ]; do
-        sleep 1
-    done
-done
-rootpassword=$(grep ^rootpassword: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
-rootpassword=${rootpassword#rootpassword: }
-if [ "$rootpassword" = "null" ]; then
-    rootpassword=""
-fi
-
-if [ ! -z "$rootpassword" ]; then
-    sed -i "s@root:[^:]*:@root:$rootpassword:@" /sysroot/etc/shadow
-fi
-for i in /ssh/*.ca; do
-    echo '@cert-authority *' $(cat $i) >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
-done
-echo HostbasedAuthentication yes >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
-echo HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly yes >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
-echo IgnoreRhosts no >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
-sshconf=/sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_config
-if [ -d /sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/ ]; then
-    sshconf=/sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/01-confluent.conf
-fi
-echo 'Host *' >> $sshconf
-echo '    HostbasedAuthentication yes' >> $sshconf
-echo '    EnableSSHKeysign yes' >> $sshconf
-echo '    HostbasedKeyTypes *ed25519*' >> $sshconf
-curl -sf -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $(cat /etc/confluent/confluent.apikey)" https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-api/self/nodelist > /sysroot/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv
-cp /sysroot/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv /sysroot/root/.shosts
-chmod 640 /sysroot/etc/ssh/*_key
-chroot /sysroot chgrp ssh_keys /etc/ssh/*_key
-chroot /sysroot cat /etc/confluent/ca.pem >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
-curl -sf https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/onboot.service > /sysroot/etc/systemd/system/onboot.service
-mkdir -p /sysroot/opt/confluent/bin
-curl -sf https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/onboot.sh > /sysroot/opt/confluent/bin/onboot.sh
-chmod +x /sysroot/opt/confluent/bin/onboot.sh
-ln -s /etc/systemd/system/onboot.service /sysroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/onboot.service
-curl -sf https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/functions > /sysroot/etc/confluent/functions
-exec /opt/confluent/bin/start_root
-
+mkdir -p /etc/confluent
+curl -sf https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/functions > /etc/confluent/functions
+source_remote imageboot.sh
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/diskless/profile/common/scripts/imageboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/diskless/profile/common/scripts/imageboot.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e094e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/diskless/profile/common/scripts/imageboot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+. /lib/dracut-lib.sh
+mkdir -p /mnt/remoteimg /mnt/remote /mnt/overlay
+if [ "unethered" = $(getarg confluent_imagemethod) ]; then
+    mount -t tmpfs untethered /mnt/remoteimg
+    curl https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/rootimg.sfs -O /mnt/remoteimg/rootimg.sfs
+else
+    confluent_urls="$confluent_urls https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/rootimg.sfs"
+    /opt/confluent/bin/urlmount $confluent_urls /mnt/remoteimg
+fi
+mount -o loop,ro /mnt/remoteimg/*.sfs /mnt/remote
+#mount -t tmpfs overlay /mnt/overlay
+modprobe zram
+memtot=$(grep ^MemTotal: /proc/meminfo|awk '{print $2}')
+memtot=$((memtot/2))$(grep ^MemTotal: /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $3'})
+echo $memtot > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
+mkfs.xfs /dev/zram0
+mount /dev/zram0 /mnt/overlay
+mkdir -p /mnt/overlay/upper /mnt/overlay/work
+mount -t overlay -o upperdir=/mnt/overlay/upper,workdir=/mnt/overlay/work,lowerdir=/mnt/remote disklessroot /sysroot
+mkdir -p /sysroot/etc/ssh
+mkdir -p /sysroot/etc/confluent
+mkdir -p /sysroot/root/.ssh
+cp /root/.ssh/* /sysroot/root/.ssh
+chmod 700 /sysroot/root/.ssh
+cp /etc/confluent/* /sysroot/etc/confluent/
+cp /etc/ssh/*key* /sysroot/etc/ssh/
+for pubkey in /etc/ssh/ssh_host*key.pub; do
+    certfile=${pubkey/.pub/-cert.pub}
+    privfile=${pubkey%.pub}
+    if [ -s $certfile ]; then
+        echo HostCertificate $certfile >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+    fi
+    echo HostKey $privfile >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+done
+
+mkdir -p /sysroot/dev /sysroot/sys /sysroot/proc /sysroot/run
+if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then
+    autocons=${autocons%,*}
+    mkdir -p /run/systemd/generator/getty.target.wants
+    ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/serial-getty@.service /run/systemd/generator/getty.target.wants/serial-getty@${autocons}.service
+fi
+while [ ! -e /sysroot/sbin/init ]; do
+    echo "Failed to access root filesystem or it is missing /sbin/init"
+    echo "System should be accessible through ssh at port 2222 with the appropriate key"
+    while [ ! -e /sysroot/sbin/init ]; do
+        sleep 1
+    done
+done
+rootpassword=$(grep ^rootpassword: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
+rootpassword=${rootpassword#rootpassword: }
+if [ "$rootpassword" = "null" ]; then
+    rootpassword=""
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$rootpassword" ]; then
+    sed -i "s@root:[^:]*:@root:$rootpassword:@" /sysroot/etc/shadow
+fi
+for i in /ssh/*.ca; do
+    echo '@cert-authority *' $(cat $i) >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
+done
+echo HostbasedAuthentication yes >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+echo HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly yes >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+echo IgnoreRhosts no >> /sysroot/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+sshconf=/sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_config
+if [ -d /sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/ ]; then
+    sshconf=/sysroot/etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/01-confluent.conf
+fi
+echo 'Host *' >> $sshconf
+echo '    HostbasedAuthentication yes' >> $sshconf
+echo '    EnableSSHKeysign yes' >> $sshconf
+echo '    HostbasedKeyTypes *ed25519*' >> $sshconf
+curl -sf -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $(cat /etc/confluent/confluent.apikey)" https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-api/self/nodelist > /sysroot/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv
+cp /sysroot/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv /sysroot/root/.shosts
+chmod 640 /sysroot/etc/ssh/*_key
+chroot /sysroot chgrp ssh_keys /etc/ssh/*_key
+chroot /sysroot cat /etc/confluent/ca.pem >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+curl -sf https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/onboot.service > /sysroot/etc/systemd/system/onboot.service
+mkdir -p /sysroot/opt/confluent/bin
+curl -sf https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/onboot.sh > /sysroot/opt/confluent/bin/onboot.sh
+chmod +x /sysroot/opt/confluent/bin/onboot.sh
+ln -s /etc/systemd/system/onboot.service /sysroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/onboot.service
+cp /etc/confluennt/functions /sysroot/etc/confluent/functions
+exec /opt/confluent/bin/start_root