diff --git a/target/livecd/build_stage1.sh b/target/livecd/build_stage1.sh
index b767fe0eb..709bae49b 100644
--- a/target/livecd/build_stage1.sh
+++ b/target/livecd/build_stage1.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,55 @@
 
 echo_header "Creating initrd data:"
 rm -rf $disksdir/initrd
-mkdir -p $disksdir/initrd/{dev,sys,proc,mnt/{cdrom,floppy,stick,}}
+mkdir -p $disksdir/initrd/{dev,proc,sys,mnt/{cdrom,floppy,stick,}}
 mkdir -p $disksdir/initrd/mnt/{cowfs_ro/{etc,home,bin,sbin,opt,usr/{bin,sbin},tmp,var,lib},cowfs_rw}
 cd $disksdir/initrd
+
 #
 echo_status "Creating read-only symlinks..."
 for d in etc home bin sbin opt usr tmp var lib ; do
-	ln -s /mnt/cowfs_rw/$d $d
-	ln -s /mnt/cowfs_ro/$d mnt/cowfs_rw/$d
+	ln -s mnt/cowfs_rw/$d $d
+	ln -s ../cowfs_ro/$d mnt/cowfs_rw/$d
 done
 #
 if [ -L $disksdir/2nd_stage/lib64 ] ; then
-	ln -s /mnt/cowfs_rw/lib64 lib64
-	ln -s /mnt/cowfs_ro/lib64 mnt/cowfs_rw/lib64
+	ln -s mnt/cowfs_rw/lib64 lib64
+	ln -s ../cowfs_ro/lib64 mnt/cowfs_rw/lib64
+fi
+
+rock_targetdir="$base/target/$target/"
+rock_target="$target"
+
+rootdir="$disksdir/2nd_stage"
+targetdir="$disksdir/initrd"
+cross_compile=""
+if [ "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" = "1" ] ; then
+	cross_compile="`find ${base}/ROCK/tools.cross/ -name "*-readelf"`"
+	cross_compile="${cross_compile##*/}"
+	cross_compile="${cross_compile%%readelf}"
 fi
+initrdfs="ext2fs"
+block_size=""
+ramdisk_size=12288
+
+case ${initrdfs} in
+	ext2fs|ext3fs|cramfs) 
+		initrd_img="${disksdir}/initrd.img"
+		;;
+	ramfs)
+		initrd_img="${disksdir}/initrd.cpio"
+		;;
+esac
 
 echo_status "Creating some device nodes"
-mknod dev/ram0  b 1 0
-mknod dev/null  c 1 3
-mknod dev/zero  c 1 5
-mknod dev/tty   c 5 0
-mknod dev/console c 5 1
+mknod ${targetdir}/dev/ram0	b 1 0
+mknod ${targetdir}/dev/null	c 1 3
+mknod ${targetdir}/dev/zero	c 1 5
+mknod ${targetdir}/dev/tty	c 5 0
+mknod ${targetdir}/dev/console	c 5 1
+
+# this copies a set of programs and the necessary libraries into a
+# chroot environment
 
 echo_status "Create checkisomd5 binary"
 cp -r ${base}/misc/isomd5sum ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/
@@ -36,28 +64,52 @@ chroot ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/ /compile_isomd5sum.sh
 cp ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/isomd5sum/checkisomd5 mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/
 rm -rf ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/compile_isomd5sum.sh ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/isomd5sum
 
-echo_status "Copying and adjusting linuxrc scipt"
+echo_status "Copying and adjusting linuxrc script"
 cp ${base}/target/${target}/linuxrc.sh linuxrc
 chmod +x linuxrc
-#sed -i -e "s,^STAGE_2_BIG_IMAGE=\"2nd_stage.tar.gz\"$,STAGE_2_BIG_IMAGE=\"${ROCKCFG_SHORTID}/2nd_stage.tar.gz\"," \
-#       -e "s,^STAGE_2_SMALL_IMAGE=\"2nd_stage_small.tar.gz\"$,STAGE_2_SMALL_IMAGE=\"${ROCKCFG_SHORTID}/2nd_stage_small.tar.gz\"," \
 sed -i -e "s,\(^STAGE_2_BIG_IMAGE=\"\)\(2nd_stage.img.z\"$\),\1${ROCKCFG_SHORTID}/\2," \
        linuxrc
 
-#
-echo_status "Copy various helper applications."
-cp ../2nd_stage/bin/{tar,gzip} mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/
-cp ../2nd_stage/sbin/hwscan mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/
-cp ../2nd_stage/usr/bin/gawk mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/
-
-for file in ../2nd_stage/bin/{tar,gzip,bash2,bash,sh,mount,umount,ls,cat,uname,rm,ln,mkdir,rmdir,gawk,awk,grep,sleep,dmesg} \
-	    ../2nd_stage/sbin/{ip,hwscan,pivot_root,swapon,swapoff,udev*,losetup} \
-	    ../2nd_stage/usr/bin/{wget,find,expand,readlink} \
-	    ../2nd_stage/usr/sbin/lspci ; do
-	programs="${programs} ${file#../2nd_stage}"
-	cp ${file} mnt/cowfs_ro/${file#../2nd_stage/}
+libdirs="${rootdir}/lib `sed -e"s,^\(.*\),${rootdir}\1," ${rootdir}/etc/ld.so.conf | tr '\n' ' '`"
+
+needed_libs() {
+	local x="${1}" library
+
+	${cross_compile}readelf -d ${x} 2>/dev/null | grep "(NEEDED)" |
+		sed -e"s,.*Shared library: \[\(.*\)\],\1," |
+		while read library ; do
+			find ${libdirs} -name "${library}" 2>/dev/null |
+			sed -e "s,^${rootdir},,g" | tr '\n' ' '
+		done
+}
+
+libs="${libs} `needed_libs bin/checkisomd5`"
+
+echo_status "Copying other files ... "
+for x in ${rock_targetdir}/initrd/initrd_* ; do
+	[ -f ${x} ] || continue
+	while read file target ; do
+		file="${rootdir}/${file}"
+		[ -e ${file} ] || continue
+
+		while read f ; do
+			tfile=${targetdir}/${target}${f#${file}}
+			[ -e ${tfile} ] && continue
+
+			if [ -d ${f} -a ! -L ${f} ] ; then
+				mkdir -p "${tfile}"
+				continue
+			else
+				mkdir -p "${tfile%/*}"
+			fi
+
+			cp -a ${f} ${tfile}
+
+			file -L ${f} | grep -q ELF || continue
+			libs="${libs} `needed_libs ${f}`"
+		done < <( find "${file}" )
+	done < ${x}
 done
-cp -a $build_root/etc/udev mnt/cowfs_ro/etc/
 
 for x in modprobe.static modprobe.static.old \
          insmod.static insmod.static.old
@@ -89,42 +141,32 @@ done
 #
 rm -f mnt/cowfs_ro/lib/modules/[0-9]*/kernel/drivers/net/{dummy,ppp*}.{o,ko}
 
-echo_status "Copying necessary libraries"
-
-libs="/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/libdl.so.2 /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/librt.so.1 /lib/libpthread.so.0 /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0"
-# libpopt from checkisomd5 which is not in build/*
-for x in ${programs} ; do
-	[ -e ./$x ] || continue
-	file $x | grep -q ELF || continue
-	libs="$libs `chroot ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID} ldd $x 2>/dev/null | grep -v 'not a dynamic executable' | sed -e 's,^[\t ]*,,g' | cut -f 3 -d' '`"
-done
-
-while [ -n "$libs" ] ; do
-	oldlibs=$libs
+echo_status "Copying required libraries ... "
+while [ -n "${libs}" ] ; do
+	oldlibs=${libs}
 	libs=""
-	for x in $oldlibs ; do
-		mkdir -p mnt/cowfs_ro/${x%/*}
-		if [ ! -e ./$x ] ; then
-			cp ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/$x mnt/cowfs_ro/$x
-			echo_status "- ${x##*/}"
-		fi
-		file $x | grep -q ELF || continue
-		for y in `chroot ${base}/build/${ROCKCFG_ID} ldd $x 2>/dev/null | grep -v 'not a dynamic executable' | sed -e 's,^[\t ]*,,g' | cut -f 3 -d' '` ; do
-			[ ! -e "./$y" ] && libs="$libs $y"
+	for x in ${oldlibs} ; do
+		[ -e "${targetdir}/${x}" ] && continue
+		mkdir -p "${targetdir}/${x%/*}"
+		cp ${rootdir}/${x} ${targetdir}/${x}
+		file -L ${rootdir}/${x} | grep -q ELF || continue
+		for y in `needed_libs ${rootdir}/${x}` ; do
+			[ ! -e "${targetdir}/${y}" ] && libs="${libs} ${y}"
 		done
 	done
 done
 
-echo_status "Creating links for identical files."
+echo_status "Creating links for identical files ..."
 while read ck fn
 do
-	if [ "$oldck" = "$ck" ] ; then
-		echo_status "\`- Found $fn -> $oldfn."
-		rm $fn ; ln -s ${oldfn#.} $fn
+	# don't link empty files...
+	if [ "${oldck}" = "${ck}" -a -s "${fn}" ] ; then
+		echo_status "\`- Found ${fn#${targetdir}} -> ${oldfn#${targetdir}}."
+		rm ${fn} ; ln -s /${oldfn#${targetdir}} ${fn}
 	else
-		oldck=$ck ; oldfn=$fn
+		oldck=${ck} ; oldfn=${fn}
 	fi
-done < <( find -type f | xargs md5sum | sort )
+done < <( find ${targetdir} -type f | xargs md5sum | sort )
 
 cd ..
 
@@ -132,32 +174,40 @@ echo_header "Creating initrd filesystem image: "
 
 ramdisk_size=8139
 
+[ "${block_size}" == "" ] && block_size=1024
+block_count=$(( ( 1024 * ${ramdisk_size} ) / ${block_size} ))
+
 echo_status "Creating temporary files."
-tmpdir=initrd_$$.dir; mkdir -p $disksdir/$tmpdir; cd $disksdir
-dd if=/dev/zero of=initrd.img bs=1024 count=$ramdisk_size &> /dev/null
-tmpdev=""
-for x in /dev/loop/* ; do
-        if losetup $x initrd.img 2> /dev/null ; then
-                tmpdev=$x ; break
-        fi
-done
-if [ -z "$tmpdev" ] ; then
-        echo_error "No free loopback device found!"
-        rm -f $tmpfile ; rmdir $tmpdir; exit 1
+tmpdir=`mktemp -d` ; mkdir -p ${tmpdir}
+dd if=/dev/zero of=${initrd_img} bs=${block_size} count=${block_count} &> /dev/null
+tmpdev="`losetup -f 2>/dev/null`"
+if [ -z "${tmpdev}" ] ; then
+	for x in /dev/loop* /dev/loop/* ; do
+		[ -b "${x}" ] || continue
+		losetup ${x} 2>&1 >/dev/null || tmpdev="${x}"
+		[ -n "${tmpdev}" ] && break
+	done
+	if [ -z "${tmpdev}" ] ; then
+		echo_status "No free loopback device found!"
+		rm -f ${tmpfile} ; rmdir ${tmpdir}; exit 1
+	fi
 fi
-echo_status "Using loopback device $tmpdev."
-#
+echo_status "Using loopback device ${tmpdev}."
+losetup "${tmpdev}" ${initrd_img}
+
 echo_status "Writing initrd image file."
-mke2fs -m 0 -N 360 -q $tmpdev &> /dev/null
-mount -t ext2 $tmpdev $tmpdir
-rmdir $tmpdir/lost+found/
-cp -a initrd/* $tmpdir
-umount $tmpdir
+mkfs.${initrdfs:0:4} -b ${block_size} -m 0 -N 360 -q ${tmpdev} &> /dev/null
+mount -t ${initrdfs:0:4} ${tmpdev} ${tmpdir}
+rmdir ${tmpdir}/lost+found/
+cp -a ${targetdir}/* ${tmpdir}
+umount ${tmpdir}
+
+echo_status "Removing temporary files."
+losetup -d ${tmpdev}
+rm -rf ${tmpdir}
 #
 echo_status "Compressing initrd image file."
-gzip -9 initrd.img 
-mv initrd{.img,}.gz
-#
-echo_status "Removing temporary files."
-losetup -d $tmpdev
-rm -rf $tmpdir
+gzip -9 -c ${initrd_img} > ${initrd_img}.gz
+mv ${initrd_img%.img}{.img,}.gz
+
+target="$rock_target"
diff --git a/target/livecd/build_stage2.sh b/target/livecd/build_stage2.sh
index 557666722..5706645f7 100644
--- a/target/livecd/build_stage2.sh
+++ b/target/livecd/build_stage2.sh
@@ -40,12 +40,13 @@ mkdir home/{rocker,root}
 chown 1000:100 home/rocker
 
 sed -i -e 's,root:.*,root:x:0:0:root:/home/root:/bin/bash,' etc/passwd
-sed -i -e 's,root:.*,root:$1$1YssESn0$Y9LvBGGXpsZhjNKZ0x8OM/:12548::::::,' etc/shadow
-sed -i -e 's,sound:x:17:,sound:x:17:rocker,' etc/group
+sed -i -e 's,root:.*,root:$1$9KtEb9vt$IDoD/c7IG5EpCwxvBudgA:13300::::::,' etc/shadow
 echo 'rocker:x:1000:100:ROCK Live CD User:/home/rocker:/bin/bash' >> etc/passwd
-echo 'rocker:$1$//TuI8QD$kTxVesUbGLNKuxILuK2UN/:12548:0:99999:7:::' >> etc/shadow
-echo 'wheel:x:440:rocker' >> etc/group
-echo 'wheel:!::rocker' >> etc/gshadow
+echo 'rocker:$1$b3mL1k/q$zneIjKcHqok1T80fp1cPI1:13300:0:99999:7:::' >> etc/shadow
+sed -i -e 's,wheel:x:10:,wheel:x:10:rocker,' etc/group
+sed -i -e 's,video:x:16:,video:x:16:rocker,' etc/group
+sed -i -e 's,sound:x:17:,sound:x:17:rocker,' etc/group
+sed -i -e 's,cdrom:x:29:,cdrom:x:29:rocker,' etc/group
 
 # 
 echo_status "activating shadowfs through /etc/ld.so.preload"
diff --git a/target/livecd/initrd/initrd_livecd b/target/livecd/initrd/initrd_livecd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73367f68d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/livecd/initrd/initrd_livecd
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+bin/awk         mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/awk
+bin/bash2       mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/bash2
+bin/bash        mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/bash
+bin/cat         mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/cat
+bin/cp          mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/cp
+bin/dmesg       mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/dmesg
+bin/find        mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/find
+bin/gawk        mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/gawk
+bin/grep        mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/grep
+bin/gzip        mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/gzip
+bin/ln          mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/ln
+bin/ls          mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/ls
+bin/mkdir       mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/mkdir
+bin/mount       mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/mount
+bin/rmdir       mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/rmdir
+bin/rm          mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/rm
+bin/sh          mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/sh
+bin/sleep       mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/sleep
+bin/tar         mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/tar
+bin/umount      mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/umount
+bin/uname       mnt/cowfs_ro/bin/uname
+etc/udev        mnt/cowfs_ro/etc/udev
+lib/udev	mnt/cowfs_ro/lib/udev
+sbin/hwscan     mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/hwscan
+sbin/ip         mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/ip
+sbin/losetup    mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/losetup
+sbin/pivot_root mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/pivot_root
+sbin/swapoff    mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/swapoff
+sbin/swapon     mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/swapon
+sbin/udevcontrol        mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/udevcontrol
+sbin/udevd      mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/udevd
+sbin/udevsettle mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/udevsettle
+sbin/udevtrigger        mnt/cowfs_ro/sbin/udevtrigger
+usr/bin/expand  mnt/cowfs_ro/usr/bin/expand
+usr/bin/find    mnt/cowfs_ro/usr/bin/find
+usr/bin/readlink        mnt/cowfs_ro/usr/bin/readlink
+usr/bin/wget    mnt/cowfs_ro/usr/bin/wget
+usr/sbin/lspci  mnt/cowfs_ro/usr/sbin/lspci
diff --git a/target/livecd/linuxrc.sh b/target/livecd/linuxrc.sh
index cc102747a..21c6f3768 100644
--- a/target/livecd/linuxrc.sh
+++ b/target/livecd/linuxrc.sh
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ getcdromdevice () { # {{{
 	cdroms="${1}"
 	floppies="${2}"
 	autoboot="${3}"
-	devicelists="/dev/cdroms/* /dev/hd[a-d] /dev/floppy/*"
+	devicelists="/dev/cdroms/* /dev/floppy/*"
 
 	[ "${cdroms}" == "0" -a "${floppies}" == "0" ] && return -1
 
@@ -178,14 +178,10 @@ getcdromdevice () { # {{{
 			echo "	${x}. CD-ROM #${cdrom} (IDE/ATAPI or SCSI)"
 			cdrom=$((${cdrom}+1))
 		fi
-		if [[ ${device} = /dev/floppy* ]] ; then
+		if [[ ${device} = /dev/flopp* ]] ; then
 			echo "	${x}. FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) #${floppy}"
 			floppy=$((${floppy}+1))
 		fi
-		if [[ ${device} = /dev/hd[a-d] ]] ; then
-			echo "	${x}. IDE Drive #${x}"
-			floppy=$((${floppy}+1))
-		fi
 		x=$((${x}+1))
 	done
 
@@ -236,6 +232,7 @@ prepare_root () {
 	ln -svf /mnt/cowfs_ro/* /mnt/cowfs_rw-new/
 	rm -rf /mnt/cowfs_rw-new/{home,tmp}
 	mkdir -p /mnt/cowfs_rw-new/{home,tmp}
+	chmod 1777 /mnt/cowfs_rw-new/tmp
 	mkdir -p /mnt/cowfs_rw-new/home/{rocker,root}
 	chmod 755 /mnt/cowfs_rw-new/home/rocker
 	chmod 700 /mnt/cowfs_rw-new/home/root
@@ -281,7 +278,7 @@ EOF
 	fi
 
 	exit_linuxrc=1
-	echo "Using ${devicefile}://${filename}."
+	echo "Using ${devicefile}:${filename}."
 
 	if ! mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom ; then
 		echo "Can't create /mnt/cdrom"
@@ -293,14 +290,15 @@ EOF
 		exit_linuxrc=0
 	fi
 
-	if ! losetup /dev/loop/0 "/mnt/cdrom/${filename}" ; then
+	loopdev="dev/loop/0" ; [ ! -e "${loopdev}" ] && loopdev="/dev/loop0"
+	if ! losetup "${loopdev}" "/mnt/cdrom/${filename}" ; then
 		echo "Can't losetup /mnt/cdrom/${filename}"
 		exit_linuxrc=0
 	fi
 
 #	mkdir -p /mnt/cowfs_r{o,w}
 
-	if ! mount -t squashfs /dev/loop/0 /mnt/cowfs_ro -o ro ; then
+	if ! mount -t squashfs "${loopdev}" /mnt/cowfs_ro -o ro ; then
 		echo "Can't mount squashfs on /mnt/cowfs_ro"
 		exit_linuxrc=0
 	fi
@@ -386,32 +384,29 @@ checkisomd5() { # {{{
 	read
 } # }}}
 
+emit_udev_events() { # {{{
+	/sbin/udevtrigger
+	/sbin/udevsettle
+} # }}}
+
 input=1
 exit_linuxrc=0
 [ -z "${autoboot}" ] && autoboot=0
-mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev || echo "Can't mount a tmpfs on /dev"
-mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys || echo "Can't mount sysfs on /sys"
-mount -t proc proc /proc || echo "Can't mount /proc"
-mount -t tmpfs -o ${TMPFS_OPTIONS} tmpfs /tmp || echo "Can't mount /tmpfs"
 
-cd /dev
-rm -rf fd
-ln -s /proc/self/fd
-cd -
+mount -t tmpfs -o ${TMPFS_OPTIONS} tmpfs /tmp || echo "Can't mount /tmpfs"
+mount -t proc proc /proc || echo "Can't mount /proc"
+mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys || echo "Can't mount sysfs on /sys"
+mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev || echo "Can't mount a tmpfs on /dev"
 
 export PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
 
+cp -r /lib/udev/devices/* /dev
+
 echo "" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 /sbin/udevd --daemon
+
 # create nodes for devices already in kernel
-while read uevent; do 
-		echo 1 > $uevent
-done < <( find /sys -name uevent )
-udevwait=0
-while [ -d /dev/.udev/queue -a $udevwait -lt 300 ] ; do
-		sleep 1
-		(( udevwait++ ))
-done
+emit_udev_events
 
 mod_load_info
 
@@ -452,7 +447,7 @@ while [ ${exit_linuxrc} -eq 0 ] ; do
 	8. Validate a CD/DVD against its embedded checksum
 
 EOF
-	echo -n "What do you want to do [0-7] (default=0)? "
+	echo -n "What do you want to do [0-8] (default=0)? "
 	read text
 	[ -z "${text}" ] && text=0
 	input=${text//[^0-9]/}
diff --git a/target/livecd/powerpc/yaboot.conf b/target/livecd/powerpc/yaboot.conf
index 24d79bace..1a082e3f2 100644
--- a/target/livecd/powerpc/yaboot.conf
+++ b/target/livecd/powerpc/yaboot.conf
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ image=/boot/vmlinux
     label=livecd
     initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
     initrd-size=8192
-    append="root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc rw"
+    append="root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc rw  autoboot=1"
 
 image=/boot/vmlinux
     label=livecd-text
     initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
     initrd-size=8192
-    append="root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc rw video=ofonly"
+    append="root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc rw video=ofonly autoboot=1"
 
diff --git a/target/livecd/sparc/silo.conf b/target/livecd/sparc/silo.conf
index 0d045e9ca..f10ea10eb 100644
--- a/target/livecd/sparc/silo.conf
+++ b/target/livecd/sparc/silo.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ default=livecd
 root=/dev/ram
 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
 read-write
-append="devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc"
+append="devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc autoboot=1"
 
 image[sun4u]=/boot/vmlinux64.gz
         label=livecd
diff --git a/target/livecd/x86/isolinux.cfg b/target/livecd/x86/isolinux.cfg
index 59bf309d1..9b81c01c8 100644
--- a/target/livecd/x86/isolinux.cfg
+++ b/target/livecd/x86/isolinux.cfg
@@ -9,21 +9,20 @@ F2 help1.txt
 
 LABEL livecd
 	kernel vmlinuz
-	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 rw
+	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr autoboot=1 vga=0x317 rw
 
 LABEL livecd-1280
 	kernel vmlinuz
-	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x31A rw
+	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr autoboot=1 vga=0x31A rw
 
 LABEL livecd-800
 	kernel vmlinuz
-	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x314 rw
+	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr autoboot=1 vga=0x314 rw
 
 LABEL livecd-640
 	kernel vmlinuz
-	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x311 rw
+	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr autoboot=1 vga=0x311 rw
 
 LABEL livecd-text
 	kernel vmlinuz
-	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc vga=0 rw
-
+	APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=nocompat init=/linuxrc autoboot=1 vga=0 rw