Build a base image
diff --git a/onos-build-vm.py b/onos-build-vm.py
index e2cb4f2..087c98c 100755
--- a/onos-build-vm.py
+++ b/onos-build-vm.py
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
     vm.expect( prompt, timeout=3600 )
 
     
-    vm.sendline('sudo su - mininet')
-    vm.expect(prompt, timeout=20) 
+    #vm.sendline('sudo su - mininet')
+    #vm.expect(prompt, timeout=20) 
+   
     #vm.sendline( 'git clone https://gerrit.onosproject.org/onos' )
     #vm.expect( prompt, timeout=30 )
     #vm.sendline( 'cd onos && git checkout %s && cd -' % onos_version )
@@ -48,13 +49,13 @@
     
     #vm.expect( prompt, timeout=1200 )
    
-    url = 'https://gerrit.onosproject.org/gitweb?p=onos-vm.git;a=blob_plain;hb=refs/heads/onos-tutorial;f=onos-setup-lxc.sh'
-    vm.sendline( ' wget -O onos-setup-lxc.sh "%s" | bash' % url ) # space prefix is used to avoid entry in history
-    vm.expect( prompt, timeout=20 )
-    vm.sendline( 'bash onos-setup-lxc.sh' )
-    vm.expect(prompt, timeout=3600)
-    vm.sendline('exit')
-    vm.expect(prompt, timeout=20) 
+    #url = 'https://gerrit.onosproject.org/gitweb?p=onos-vm.git;a=blob_plain;hb=refs/heads/onos-tutorial;f=onos-setup-lxc.sh'
+    #vm.sendline( ' wget -O onos-setup-lxc.sh "%s" | bash' % url ) # space prefix is used to avoid entry in history
+    #vm.expect( prompt, timeout=20 )
+    #vm.sendline( 'bash onos-setup-lxc.sh' )
+    #vm.expect(prompt, timeout=3600)
+    #vm.sendline('exit')
+    #vm.expect(prompt, timeout=20) 
     
     
 
diff --git a/onos-setup-lxc.sh b/onos-setup-lxc.sh
index ef3f5c9..74742dc 100644
--- a/onos-setup-lxc.sh
+++ b/onos-setup-lxc.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
 
 # ------------- Zero Unused Blocks -------------
 #TODO investigate zerofree
-echo "Zeroing unused blocks"
-sync
-dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp-zeros
-sync
-rm tmp-zeros
-sync
+#echo "Zeroing unused blocks"
+#sync
+#dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp-zeros
+#sync
+#rm tmp-zeros
+#sync