diff --git a/configs/install-iso/overlay/etc/hosts b/configs/install-iso/overlay/etc/hosts
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+#
+# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
+#
+
+#<ip-address>	<hostname.domain.org>	<hostname>
+127.0.0.1		localhost.localdomain	localhost	archiso
+
+# End of file