diff --git a/bin/nova-combined b/bin/nova-combined
index 913c866b..a0f552d6 100755
--- a/bin/nova-combined
+++ b/bin/nova-combined
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     compute = service.Service.create(binary='nova-compute')
     network = service.Service.create(binary='nova-network')
-    volume = service.Service.create(binary='nova-volume')
+    #volume = service.Service.create(binary='nova-volume')
     scheduler = service.Service.create(binary='nova-scheduler')
     #objectstore = service.Service.create(binary='nova-objectstore')
 
-    service.serve(compute, network, volume, scheduler)
+    service.serve(compute, network, scheduler)
 
     apps = []
     paste_config_file = wsgi.paste_config_file('nova-api.conf')
diff --git a/nova/flags.py b/nova/flags.py
index 3ba3fe6f..0a45499f 100644
--- a/nova/flags.py
+++ b/nova/flags.py
@@ -312,3 +312,8 @@ DEFINE_string('host', socket.gethostname(),
 
 DEFINE_string('node_availability_zone', 'nova',
               'availability zone of this node')
+
+DEFINE_string('zone_name', 'nova', 'name of this zone')
+DEFINE_string('zone_capabilities', 'xen, linux', 
+              'comma-delimited list of tags which represent boolean'
+              ' capabilities of this zone')