diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/App.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/App.py
index 3cc220f8..69b83f8f 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/App.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/App.py
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ class App(SubprocessMixin, object):
             ##self.grubEnv = ConfUtils.GrubEnv(log=self.log.getChild("grub"))
 
             with OnieBootContext(log=self.log) as self.octx:
+
+                self.octx.ictx.attach()
+                self.octx.ictx.unmount()
+                self.octx.ictx.detach()
+                # XXX roth -- here, detach the initrd mounts
+
                 self.octx.detach()
 
             if self.octx.onieDir is not None:
diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/InstallUtils.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/InstallUtils.py
index 685f703d..c7d3ee14 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/InstallUtils.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/InstallUtils.py
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ class InitrdContext(SubprocessMixin):
 
         return self
 
-    def shutdown(self):
+    def unmount(self):
 
         p = ProcMountsParser()
         if self.dir is not None:
@@ -852,6 +852,10 @@ class InitrdContext(SubprocessMixin):
                 cmd = ('umount', p,)
                 self.check_call(cmd, vmode=self.V1)
 
+    def shutdown(self):
+
+        self.unmount()
+
         if self.initrd and self.dir:
             self.log.debug("cleaning up chroot in %s", self.dir)
             self.rmtree(self.dir)
diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py
index 934d40a3..e3a5e505 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py
@@ -189,11 +189,20 @@ class OnieBootContext:
 
     def shutdown(self):
         ctx, self.fctx = self.fctx, None
-        if ctx is not None: ctx.shutdown()
+        if ctx is not None:
+            ctx.shutdown()
+            ctx.attach()
+            ctx.shutdown()
         ctx, self.ictx = self.ictx, None
-        if ctx is not None: ctx.shutdown()
+        if ctx is not None:
+            ctx.shutdown()
+            ctx.attach()
+            ctx.shutdown()
         ctx, self.dctx = self.dctx, None
-        if ctx is not None: ctx.shutdown()
+        if ctx is not None:
+            ctx.shutdown()
+            ctx.attach()
+            ctx.shutdown()
 
     def __exit__(self, eType, eValue, eTrace):
         self.shutdown()
diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/SystemInstall.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/SystemInstall.py
index b8c353a7..25d51928 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/SystemInstall.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/SystemInstall.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class UpgradeHelper(Upgrader):
 
     def _runInitrdShell(self, p):
         if self.callback is not None:
-            self.callback(self, p)
+            return self.callback(self, p)
+        return 0
 
 class App(SubprocessMixin):