diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76d9ea4..1af9213 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ $(RAW_IMAGE):
 
 partitions: $(RAW_IMAGE)
 	parted -s  $(RAW_IMAGE) mklabel msdos
-	parted -s  $(RAW_IMAGE) mkpart primary ext4 0 $(DISK_SIZE)
+	parted -s  $(RAW_IMAGE) mkpart primary ext2 0 $(DISK_SIZE)
 	parted -s  $(RAW_IMAGE) set 1 boot on
 
 	qemu-nbd -c $(NBD_DEV) $(RAW_IMAGE)
 	sleep 3
-	mkfs.ext4 -O sparse_super -L "$(APPLIANCE)" $(NBD_DEV)p1
+	mkfs.ext2 -O sparse_super -L "$(APPLIANCE)" $(NBD_DEV)p1
 	touch partitions
 
 $(CHROOT):
diff --git a/fstab b/fstab
index d51019e..5f661a3 100644
--- a/fstab
+++ b/fstab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # <fs>			<mountpoint>	<type>		<opts>		<dump/pass>
-/dev/sda1		/		ext4		noatime		1 1
+/dev/sda1		/		ext2		noatime		1 1
 /.swap		none		swap		sw          		0 0
 shm			/dev/shm	tmpfs		nodev,nosuid,noexec	0 0