diff --git a/elements/mellanox/init.d/05-mellanox b/elements/mellanox/init.d/01-mellanox
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/mellanox/init.d/05-mellanox
rename to elements/mellanox/init.d/01-mellanox
diff --git a/elements/ramdisk/extra-data.d/scripts/init b/elements/ramdisk/extra-data.d/scripts/init
index 9e9db7a2..760bb6bf 100644
--- a/elements/ramdisk/extra-data.d/scripts/init
+++ b/elements/ramdisk/extra-data.d/scripts/init
@@ -100,46 +100,3 @@ $UDEVD --daemon --resolve-names=never
 
 echo "load modules"
 load_modules_by_udev
-
-echo "starting network $BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS"
-t=0
-while ! BOOT_INTERFACE=$(find_interface "$BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS"); do
-	t=`expr "$t" + 5`
-	if [ "$t" -gt 10 ]; then
-		break
-	fi
-	sleep 5
-done
-if [ -z "$BOOT_INTERFACE" ]; then
-	err_msg "Could not find an interface that owns MAC: $BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS"
-	troubleshoot
-fi
-
-readonly BOOT_INTERFACE
-
-ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" up
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	sleep 10
-	ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" up
-	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		err_msg "Failed to ifconfig up $BOOT_INTERFACE"
-		troubleshoot
-	fi
-fi
-ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" "$BOOT_IP_ADDRESS" netmask "$BOOT_NETMASK"
-route add default gw $BOOT_GATEWAY
-
-echo "pinging to boot server $BOOT_SERVER"
-w=30
-while [ $w -gt 0 ]; do
-	ping -c 5 -q "$BOOT_SERVER" > /dev/null
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		break
-	fi
-	sleep 1
-	w=`expr $w - 5`
-done
-
-echo "network ready"
-
diff --git a/elements/ramdisk/init.d/02-start-network b/elements/ramdisk/init.d/02-start-network
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5878bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ramdisk/init.d/02-start-network
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+echo "starting network $BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS"
+t=0
+while ! BOOT_INTERFACE=$(find_interface "$BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS"); do
+	t=`expr "$t" + 5`
+	if [ "$t" -gt 10 ]; then
+		break
+	fi
+	sleep 5
+done
+if [ -z "$BOOT_INTERFACE" ]; then
+	err_msg "Could not find an interface that owns MAC: $BOOT_MAC_ADDRESS"
+	troubleshoot
+fi
+
+readonly BOOT_INTERFACE
+
+ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
+ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" up
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	sleep 10
+	ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" up
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		err_msg "Failed to ifconfig up $BOOT_INTERFACE"
+		troubleshoot
+	fi
+fi
+ifconfig "$BOOT_INTERFACE" "$BOOT_IP_ADDRESS" netmask "$BOOT_NETMASK"
+route add default gw $BOOT_GATEWAY
+
+echo "pinging to boot server $BOOT_SERVER"
+w=30
+while [ $w -gt 0 ]; do
+	ping -c 5 -q "$BOOT_SERVER" > /dev/null
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		break
+	fi
+	sleep 1
+	w=`expr $w - 5`
+done
+
+echo "network ready"
+