diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c458d482..9bf4e5fd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM alpine
-RUN apk update && apk add coreutils util-linux bash parted syslinux e2fsprogs
+FROM debian:jessie
 COPY ./scripts/installer /scripts
 COPY ./scripts/version /scripts/
+RUN /scripts/bootstrap
 
-COPY ./dist/artifacts/vmlinuz ./dist/artifacts/initrd /dist/
+COPY ./dist/artifacts/vmlinuz /dist/vmlinuz
+COPY ./dist/artifacts/initrd  /dist/initrd
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/lay-down-os"]
diff --git a/scripts/installer/bootstrap b/scripts/installer/bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..426ed80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/installer/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+apt-get update 
+apt-get install -y grub2 parted
diff --git a/scripts/installer/lay-down-os b/scripts/installer/lay-down-os
index 7433823f..69d01495 100755
--- a/scripts/installer/lay-down-os
+++ b/scripts/installer/lay-down-os
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 set -e -x
 
 . $(dirname $0)/version
-VERSION=${VERSION:?"VERSION not set"}
 
 while getopts "i:f:c:d:t:r:o:p:" OPTION
 do
-    case ${OPTION} in
+    case $OPTION in 
         i) DIST="$OPTARG" ;;
         f) FILES="$OPTARG" ;;
         c) CLOUD_CONFIG="$OPTARG" ;;
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ done
 
 DIST=${DIST:-/dist}
 CLOUD_CONFIG=${CLOUD_CONFIG:-/scripts/conf/empty.yml}
-CONSOLE=tty0
 BASE_DIR="/mnt/new_img"
 # TODO: Change this to a number so that users can specify.
 # Will need to make it so that our builds and packer APIs remain consistent.
@@ -58,41 +56,43 @@ mount_device()
         mount_opts=${PARTITION}
     fi
 
-    mount ${mount_opts} ${BASE_DIR}
+    mount $mount_opts ${BASE_DIR}
     trap "umount ${BASE_DIR}" EXIT
 }
 
 create_boot_dirs()
 {
     mkdir -p ${BASE_DIR}/boot/grub
-    mkdir -p ${BASE_DIR}/boot/extlinux
 }
 
-install_extlinux() {
-    extlinux -i ${BASE_DIR}/boot/extlinux
-    dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=${DEVICE}
+install_grub() {
+    grub-install --boot-directory=${BASE_DIR}/boot ${DEVICE}
 }
 
-extlinux_config(){
-    local extlinux_conf=${BASE_DIR}/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
+grub2_config(){
+    local grub_cfg=${BASE_DIR}/boot/grub/grub.cfg
     local append_line="${1}"
-cat >${extlinux_conf} <<EOF
-default ros
-label ros
-    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-${VERSION}-rancheros
-    initrd /boot/initrd-${VERSION}-rancheros
-    append ${append_line} console=${CONSOLE}
+cat >$grub_cfg <<EOF
+set default="0"
+set timeout="1"
+#set fallback=1
+
+menuentry "RancherOS-current" {
+  set root=(hd0,msdos1)
+  linux /boot/vmlinuz-${VERSION}-rancheros ${append_line} console=ttyS0 console=tty0
+  initrd /boot/initrd-${VERSION}-rancheros
+}
 
 EOF
 
-if [ ! -z ${ROLLBACK_VERSION} ]; then
-    sed -i 's/^#set/set/' ${extlinux_conf}
-cat >>${extlinux_conf} <<EOF
-label ros-fallback
-    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-rancheros
-    initrd /boot/initrd-${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-rancheros
-    append ${append_line} console=${CONSOLE}
-
+if [ ! -z $ROLLBACK_VERSION ]; then
+    sed -i 's/^#set/set/' ${grub_cfg}
+cat >>$grub_cfg <<EOF
+menuentry "RancherOS-rollback" {
+  set root=(hd0,msdos1)
+  linux /boot/vmlinuz-${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-rancheros ${append_line} console=ttyS0 console=tty0
+  initrd /boot/initrd-${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-rancheros
+}
 EOF
 fi
 
@@ -100,15 +100,15 @@ fi
 
 install_rancher()
 {
-    cp ${DIST}/initrd ${BASE_DIR}/boot/initrd-${VERSION}-rancheros
-    cp ${DIST}/vmlinuz ${BASE_DIR}/boot/vmlinuz-${VERSION}-rancheros
+    cp ${DIST}/initrd /mnt/new_img/boot/initrd-${VERSION}-rancheros
+    cp ${DIST}/vmlinuz /mnt/new_img/boot/vmlinuz-${VERSION}-rancheros
 }
 
 pvgrub_config()
 {
-    local grub_file=${BASE_DIR}/boot/grub/menu.lst
+    local grub_file=/mnt/new_img/boot/grub/menu.lst
     local append_line="${1}"
-cat > ${grub_file}<<EOF
+cat > $grub_file<<EOF
 default 0
 timeout 0
 #fallback 1
@@ -117,17 +117,17 @@ hiddenmenu
 
 title RancherOS ${VERSION}-(current)
 root (hd0)
-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-${VERSION}-rancheros ${append_line} console=${CONSOLE}
+kernel /boot/vmlinuz-${VERSION}-rancheros ${append_line} console=ttyS0 console=tty0
 initrd /boot/initrd-${VERSION}-rancheros
 
 EOF
 
-if [ ! -z ${ROLLBACK_VERSION} ]; then
-    sed -i 's/^#\(fallback\)/\1/' ${grub_file}
-cat >> ${grub_file}<<EOF
+if [ ! -z $ROLLBACK_VERSION ]; then
+    sed -i 's/^#\(fallback\)/\1/' $grub_file
+cat >> $grub_file<<EOF
 title RancherOS ${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-(rollback)
 root (hd0)
-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-rancheros ${append_line} console=${CONSOLE}
+kernel /boot/vmlinuz-${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-rancheros ${append_line} console=ttyS0 console=tty0
 initrd /boot/initrd-${ROLLBACK_VERSION}-rancheros
 EOF
 fi
@@ -145,26 +145,23 @@ if [ -n ${ENV} ]; then
     case ${ENV} in
         "generic")
             format_and_mount
-            install_extlinux
-            /scripts/seed-data ${BASE_DIR} ${CLOUD_CONFIG} ${FILES}
+            install_grub
+            /scripts/seed-data $BASE_DIR $CLOUD_CONFIG $FILES
             ;;
         "amazon-ebs-pv"|"amazon-ebs-hvm")
-            CONSOLE=ttyS0
             format_and_mount
             if [ "${ENV}" == "amazon-ebs-hvm" ]; then
-                install_extlinux
+                install_grub
             fi
             # AWS Networking recommends disabling.
-            /scripts/seed-data ${BASE_DIR} ${CLOUD_CONFIG} ${FILES}
+            /scripts/seed-data $BASE_DIR $CLOUD_CONFIG $FILES
             ;;
         "googlecompute")
-            CONSOLE=ttyS0
             format_and_mount
-            install_extlinux
-            /scripts/seed-data ${BASE_DIR} ${CLOUD_CONFIG} ${FILES}
+            install_grub
+            /scripts/seed-data $BASE_DIR $CLOUD_CONFIG $FILES
             ;;
         "bootstrap")
-            CONSOLE=ttyS0
             mount_device true
             create_boot_dirs
             KERNEL_ARGS="${KERNEL_ARGS} rancher.cloud_init.datasources=[ec2,gce]"
@@ -180,6 +177,6 @@ if [ -n ${ENV} ]; then
     esac
 fi
 
-extlinux_config "${KERNEL_ARGS}"
+grub2_config "${KERNEL_ARGS}"
 pvgrub_config "${KERNEL_ARGS}"
 install_rancher
diff --git a/scripts/installer/set-disk-partitions b/scripts/installer/set-disk-partitions
index 52bdc523..d546f3d3 100755
--- a/scripts/installer/set-disk-partitions
+++ b/scripts/installer/set-disk-partitions
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@ p
 1
 
 
-a
 w
 EOF