diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/buildsystemvm.sh b/systemvm/patches/debian/buildsystemvm.sh
index 7f6188a5fd9..f56ca1e5938 100755
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/buildsystemvm.sh
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/buildsystemvm.sh
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ packages() {
 
   echo "***** getting jre 7 *********"
   chroot .  apt-get --no-install-recommends -q -y install openjdk-7-jre-headless
+
+  chroot . apt-get --no-install-recommends -q -y install python-dev python-pip libpcre3-dev
+
+  # Baremetal tools
+  chroot . pip install flask
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg
index 0d2f70b3d0b..2f0b6b1ea24 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg
@@ -44,42 +44,12 @@ d-i partman-auto/method string regular
 d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
 d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
       boot-root ::                                            \
-              30 50 100 ext4                                  \
+              1024 50 2048 ext4                               \
                       $primary{ } $bootable{ }                \
-                      method{ format } format{ }              \
-                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
-                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \
-              .                                               \
-              400 40 500 ext4                                 \
                       method{ format } format{ }              \
                       use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                       mountpoint{ / }                         \
               .                                               \
-              50 100 200 ext4                                 \
-                      method{ format } format{ }              \
-                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
-                      mountpoint{ /home }                     \
-              .                                               \
-              700 70 1100 ext4                                \
-                      method{ format } format{ }              \
-                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
-                      mountpoint{ /usr }                      \
-              .                                               \
-              400 40 500 ext4                                 \
-                      method{ format } format{ }              \
-                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
-                      mountpoint{ /opt }                      \
-              .                                               \
-              450 70 1000 ext4                                \
-                      method{ format } format{ }              \
-                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
-                      mountpoint{ /var }                      \
-              .                                               \
-              50 60 100 ext4                                  \
-                      method{ format } format{ }              \
-                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
-                      mountpoint{ /tmp }                      \
-              .                                               \
               70 100 256 linux-swap                           \
                       method{ swap } format{ }                \
               .