diff --git a/talos/talconfig.yaml b/talos/talconfig.yaml
index 87bc43e..584401e 100644
--- a/talos/talconfig.yaml
+++ b/talos/talconfig.yaml
@@ -74,13 +74,11 @@ nodes:
     # systemExtensions:
     #     officialExtensions:
     #         - siderolabs/amd-ucode
-    talosImageURL: factory.talos.dev/installer/96f8c146a67c80daad900d3fc1a6976fe11062321eee9ab6ae2a6aea88b2d26e
+    talosImageURL: factory.talos.dev/installer/6c789e7a3eec37617fd9d239a7f696ba48e75bc4780f5cb30bf8882686d79a22
+    # https://factory.talos.dev/image/6c789e7a3eec37617fd9d239a7f696ba48e75bc4780f5cb30bf8882686d79a22/v1.5.5/metal-amd64.raw.xz
     installDiskSelector:
       busPath: /pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:27:00.0/nvme/nvme0/nvme0n1
-    machineDisks:
-      - device: /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-SAMSUNG_MZVLB512HBJQ-00000_S4GENX0N424497
-        partitions:
-          - mountpoint: /var/mnt/lpnvme
+      # Ceph Disk: /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-SAMSUNG_MZVLB512HBJQ-00000_S4GENX0N424497
     networkInterfaces:
       - interface: eth0
         dhcp: true
@@ -94,18 +92,6 @@ nodes:
               - network: 10.2.0.0/16
                 gateway: 10.2.1.1 # The route's gateway (if empty, creates link scope route).
                 metric: 2048
-    patches:
-      - |-
-        machine:
-          kubelet:
-            extraMounts:
-              - destination: /var/mnt/lpnvme
-                type: bind
-                source: /var/mnt/lpnvme
-                options:
-                  - rbind
-                  - rshared
-                  - rw
   # VM on EX44 - Intel Gen 13 (Raptor Lake) - 64GB RAM
   - hostname: orome
     disableSearchDomain: true
@@ -121,11 +107,8 @@ nodes:
     #             - siderolabs/qemu-guest-agent
     talosImageURL: factory.talos.dev/installer/f2f665587318c2d79e7b315cc333fff276ed59c8de831f16e28b4db107496ac2
     installDiskSelector:
-      busPath: /pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/virtio2/ # need this
-    machineDisks:
-      - device: /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-SAMSUNG_MZVL2512HCJQ-00B00_S675NU0TB36132
-        partitions:
-          - mountpoint: /var/mnt/lpnvme
+      busPath: /pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/virtio2/
+      # Ceph Disk: /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-SAMSUNG_MZVL2512HCJQ-00B00_S675NU0TB36132
     networkInterfaces:
       - interface: eth0
         dhcp: true
@@ -147,18 +130,6 @@ nodes:
               - network: 10.2.0.0/16
                 gateway: 10.2.1.1 # The route's gateway (if empty, creates link scope route).
                 metric: 2048
-    patches:
-      - |-
-        machine:
-          kubelet:
-            extraMounts:
-              - destination: /var/mnt/lpnvme
-                type: bind
-                source: /var/mnt/lpnvme
-                options:
-                  - rbind
-                  - rshared
-                  - rw
 worker:
   patches:
     - |-