diff --git a/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/Makefile b/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/Makefile
index 8760d1030..b58f1c4ad 100644
--- a/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SBINFILES = ahci at_wini ext2 floppy mfs procfs \
 ETCFILES  = system.conf mtab passwd pwd.db spwd.db master.passwd \
             rs.single
 
-USRBINFILES  = newroot loadramdisk cdprobe
+USRBINFILES  = loadramdisk cdprobe
 USRSBINFILES  = acpi pci
 IMAGE_DIRS= bin sbin etc usr/bin usr/sbin
 
diff --git a/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/rc b/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/rc
index 14ea74eec..81fff4bc6 100644
--- a/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/rc
+++ b/drivers/ext2_ramdisk/rc
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ echo "Root device name is $rootdevname"
 if [ -e $FSCK ]
 then	$FSCK -p $rootdevname
 fi
-/usr/bin/newroot $bin_img"$rootdevname"
+
+# Change root from temporary boot ramdisk to the configure
+# root device
+/bin/mount -n $bin_img"$rootdevname" /
+
 /bin/mount -e -n -t procfs none /proc || echo "WARNING: couldn't mount procfs"
 
 exec /bin/sh /etc/rc "$@"