diff --git a/base/manifest-schema.json b/base/manifest-schema.json
index a98907b..cc723a4 100644
--- a/base/manifest-schema.json
+++ b/base/manifest-schema.json
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 			"type": "object",
 			"properties": {
 				"mount_dir": { "type": "string" },
+                                "image_file": { "type": "string" },
 				"tarball": { "type": "boolean" },
-				"tarball_dir": { "type": "string" }
+				"tarball_dir": { "type": "string" },
+				"device" : { "type" : "string" }
 			},
 			"required": ["mount_dir"]
 		},
diff --git a/manifests/one-raw-virtio.manifest.json b/manifests/one-raw-virtio.manifest.json
index 999e8a1..94f65cc 100644
--- a/manifests/one-raw-virtio.manifest.json
+++ b/manifests/one-raw-virtio.manifest.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 	},
 
 	"bootstrapper": {
-		"mount_dir": "/tmp/target",
+		"mount_dir": "/mnt/target",
+		"image_file": "/tmp/target",
 		"tarball": true,
 		"device": "/dev/sda"	
 	},
diff --git a/providers/one/tasks/filesystem.py b/providers/one/tasks/filesystem.py
index 30a8c36..d3d9a4f 100644
--- a/providers/one/tasks/filesystem.py
+++ b/providers/one/tasks/filesystem.py
@@ -3,18 +3,22 @@ from common import phases
 from common.exceptions import TaskError
 from common.tools import log_check_call
 from bootstrap import Bootstrap
-
+import os
 
 class FormatVolume(Task):
 	description = 'Formatting the volume'
 	phase = phases.volume_preparation
 
 	def run(self, info):
-                mkmount = 'create -f raw "'+info.manifest.bootstrapper['mount_dir']+'" "'+str(info.manifest.volume['size'])+'"'
-                log_check_call(['/usr/bin/qemu-img',mkmount])
-		dev_path = info.manifest.bootstrapper['mount_dir']
-		mkfs = '/sbin/mkfs.{fs}'.format(fs=info.manifest.volume['filesystem'])
-		log_check_call([mkfs, dev_path])
+                mkmount = ['/usr/bin/qemu-img', 'create', '-f', 'raw', info.manifest.bootstrapper['image_file'], str(info.manifest.volume['size'])+'M']
+                log_check_call(mkmount)
+                ddcmd = ['/bin/dd', 'if=/dev/zero', 'bs=1024', 'conv=notrunc', 'count='+str(info.manifest.volume['size']), 'of='+info.manifest.bootstrapper['image_file']]
+		log_check_call(ddcmd)
+		loopcmd = ['/sbin/losetup', '/dev/loop0', info.manifest.bootstrapper['image_file']]
+		log_check_call(loopcmd)
+		mkfs = [ '/sbin/mkfs.{fs}'.format(fs=info.manifest.volume['filesystem']), '-m', '1', '-v', '/dev/loop0']
+		log_check_call(mkfs)
+
 
 
 class TuneVolumeFS(Task):
@@ -23,7 +27,8 @@ class TuneVolumeFS(Task):
 	after = [FormatVolume]
 
 	def run(self, info):
-		dev_path = info.bootstrap_device['path']
+		#dev_path = info.bootstrap_device['path']
+                dev_path = info.manifest.bootstrapper['image_file']
 		# Disable the time based filesystem check
 		log_check_call(['/sbin/tune2fs', '-i', '0', dev_path])
 
@@ -44,9 +49,9 @@ class CreateMountDir(Task):
 	def run(self, info):
 		import os
 		mount_dir = info.manifest.bootstrapper['mount_dir']
-		info.root = '{mount_dir}/{vol_id}'.format(mount_dir=mount_dir, vol_id=info.volume.id)
+		info.root = mount_dir
 		# Works recursively, fails if last part exists, which is exaclty what we want.
-		os.makedirs(info.root)
+		os.makedirs(mount_dir)
 
 
 class MountVolume(Task):
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ class MountVolume(Task):
 					msg = 'Something is already mounted at {root}'.format(root=info.root)
 					raise TaskError(msg)
 
-		log_check_call(['/bin/mount', info.bootstrap_device['path'], info.root])
+		log_check_call(['/bin/mount', '-t', info.manifest.volume['filesystem'], '/dev/loop0', info.root])
 
 
 class MountSpecials(Task):
@@ -94,6 +99,8 @@ class UnmountVolume(Task):
 
 	def run(self, info):
 		log_check_call(['/bin/umount', info.root])
+                log_check_call(['/sbin/losetup', '-d', '/dev/loop0'])
+
 
 
 class DeleteMountDir(Task):
diff --git a/providers/one/tasks/packages.py b/providers/one/tasks/packages.py
index b5474b4..eb2260a 100644
--- a/providers/one/tasks/packages.py
+++ b/providers/one/tasks/packages.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class HostPackages(Task):
 	phase = phases.preparation
 
 	def run(self, info):
-		packages = set(['debootstrap'])
+		packages = set(['debootstrap', 'qemu-utils'])
 		if info.manifest.volume['filesystem'] == 'xfs':
 			packages.add('xfsprogs')