diff --git a/kdumpinit.rootfs b/kdumpinit.rootfs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26062f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdumpinit.rootfs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/msh
+
+##############################################################
+# This is the default init script for our initramfs
+# It does the following:
+# 1) loads all the available modules
+# 2) Waits for any critical disks
+# 3) starts lvm/mdraid if needed
+# 4) mounts the rootfs under /mnt/
+# 5) copies /proc/vmcore to /mnt/var/crash/<date>/vmcore
+# 6) reboots the system
+##############################################################
+
+
+# Set the path to something sane
+export PATH=/sbin:/bin
+
+load_available_modules
+
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index d005156..bbb5a73 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # 1) reg
 #    reg <source file> <dest path>
 #    A regular file copy from the source to the dst directory
+#
 # 2) creg
 #    creg <source file> <dest path>
 #    like reg, but only copy if the source file exists
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@ exec	populate_kdump_std_files
 exec	generate_module_list
 
 ###################################################
+# If we have one, copy the critical disk list 
+# so we don't try to start lvm/mdraid to early
+###################################################
+creg	/etc/kdump-adv-conf/critical_disks	/etc
+
+###################################################
 # Lets get all our lvm and mdraid configs on board
 ###################################################
 creg	/etc/lvm/lvm.conf /etc/lvm