diff --git a/alpine-make-vm-image b/alpine-make-vm-image
index cc137e1..b8053d1 100755
--- a/alpine-make-vm-image
+++ b/alpine-make-vm-image
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ setup_extlinux() {
 		"$mnt"/etc/update-extlinux.conf
 
 	chroot "$mnt" extlinux --install /boot
-	chroot "$mnt" update-extlinux --warn-only 2>&1 \
-		| grep -Fv 'extlinux: cannot open device /dev' >&2
+	chroot "$mnt" update-extlinux --warn-only # 2>&1 \
+	#	| grep -Fv 'extlinux: cannot open device /dev' >&2
 }
 
 # Configures mkinitfs.
diff --git a/example/packages b/example/packages
index 7e6a642..37164c9 100644
--- a/example/packages
+++ b/example/packages
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 alpine-base
 busybox
+btrfs-progs
 chrony
 network-extras
 openssl