diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
index 0a3d336f..bc0b8437 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ if [ $TETHERED -eq 1 ]; then
         echo $ONBOOTPID > /sysroot/run/confluent/onboot_sleep.pid
         wait $ONBOOTPID
         losetup $loopdev --direct-io=on
-        dd if=/mnt/remoteimg/rootimg.sfs iflag=nocache count=0 >& /dev/null  
+        dd if=/mnt/remoteimg/rootimg.sfs iflag=nocache count=0 >& /dev/null
     ) &
 fi
 exec /opt/confluent/bin/start_root
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
index 468d0a2d..f2b2176a 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el9-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/imageboot.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if [[ "$confluent_whost" == *:* ]] && [[ "$confluent_whost" != "["* ]]; then
     confluent_whost="[$confluent_mgr]"
 fi
 mkdir -p /mnt/remoteimg /mnt/remote /mnt/overlay /sysroot
-if [ "untethered" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" ]; then
+if [ "untethered" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" -o "uncompressed" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" ]; then
     mount -t tmpfs untethered /mnt/remoteimg
     curl https://$confluent_whost/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/rootimg.sfs -o /mnt/remoteimg/rootimg.sfs
 else
@@ -40,14 +40,20 @@ fi
 
 
 #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 $memtot > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
-mkfs.xfs /dev/zram0 > /dev/null
+if [ ! "uncompressed" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" ]; then
+    modprobe zram
+    memtot=$(grep ^MemTotal: /proc/meminfo|awk '{print $2}')
+    memtot=$((memtot/2))$(grep ^MemTotal: /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $3'})
+    echo $memtot > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
+    mkfs.xfs /dev/zram0 > /dev/null
+fi
 TETHERED=0
-if [ "untethered" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" ]; then
-    mount -o discard /dev/zram0 /sysroot
+if [ "untethered" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" -o "uncompressed" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" ]; then
+    if [ "untethered" = "$(getarg confluent_imagemethod)" ]; then
+        mount -o discard /dev/zram0 /sysroot
+    else
+        mount -t tmpfs disklessroot /sysroot
+    fi
     echo -en "Decrypting and extracting root filesystem: 0%\r"
     srcsz=$(du -sk /mnt/remote | awk '{print $1}')
     while [ -f /mnt/remoteimg/rootimg.sfs ]; do