diff --git a/board/synopsys/axs10x/fs-overlay/etc/inittab b/board/synopsys/axs10x/fs-overlay/etc/inittab
index 43bacc6580..7412a27366 100644
--- a/board/synopsys/axs10x/fs-overlay/etc/inittab
+++ b/board/synopsys/axs10x/fs-overlay/etc/inittab
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@
 # process   == program to run
 
 # Startup the system
-null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
-null::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
-null::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
-null::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm
-null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
-null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
+::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
+::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
+::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts /dev/shm
+::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
+::sysinit:/sbin/swapon -a
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout
+null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr
+::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS