diff --git a/target/rescue/contrib/mkisolinux.sh b/target/rescue/contrib/mkisolinux.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a984c4085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/rescue/contrib/mkisolinux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This is a contributed script to create a bootable ISO image from your
+# rescue target build.
+#
+# It uses isolinux (syslinux) to create a non-emu bootable image.
+# It uses memdisk (syslinux) to add grub to the list of choices.
+#
+# (C) 2004 Tobias Hintze
+#
+
+[ -z "$GRUBSRC" ] && GRUBSRC="/usr/share/grub"
+[ -z "$SYSLINUXSRC" ] && SYSLINUXSRC="/usr/lib/syslinux"
+
+set -e
+
+usage() {
+	echo "Usage:"
+	echo "  $0 ISODIR"
+	echo "       creates the iso image from iso-dir"
+	echo
+	echo "  $0 -c KERNEL INITRD[.gz] SYSTEM [OVERLAY]"
+	echo "       creates iso-dir"
+	echo
+	echo "  $0 -C KERNEL INITRD[.gz] SYSTEM [OVERLAY]"
+	echo "       creates the iso image from kernel, initrd and system tarball"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Example usage (most commonly used):"
+	echo "(You get an iso image with default configuration and given files.)"
+	echo ""
+	echo "$0 -C vmlinuz initrd.img system.tar.bz2"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Using the -C option is like using the -c option except that after creating"
+	echo "the temporary iso-dir the script calls itself to create the image from that"
+	echo "dir (first usage option). The iso-dir is deleted on success afterwards."
+	echo ""
+	echo "* initrd.img and system.tar.bz2 are generated during the rescue-target build."
+	echo "* kernel must have support for devfs"
+	echo "* kernel must have support for initrd"
+	echo "* kernel must have support for iso9660"
+	echo ""
+	exit 1
+}
+
+die() {
+	echo "$1"
+	exit 2
+}
+
+check_reqs() {
+	[ -z "`type -p grub`" ] && \
+		die "You need grub to create an image with this script."
+	[ -z "`type -p e2fsimage`" ] && \
+		die "You need e2fsimage to create an image with this script."
+	[ -z "`type -p mkisofs`" ] && \
+		die "You need mkisofs to create an image with this script."
+	[ -d "$GRUBSRC" ] || die "No grub stages at $GRUBSRC. I need them!"
+	[ -d "$SYSLINUXSRC" ] || die "No syslinux at $SYSLINUXSRC. I need it!"
+	echo "requirements ok."
+}
+
+
+test -z "$1" && usage
+case "$1" in
+	-c|-C)
+		CREATEDIR=1
+		[[ "$1" == "-C" ]] && CREATEDIR=2
+		[[ $# == 4 || $# == 5 ]] || usage
+		[ -r $2 ] || exec echo "failed to read kernel image $2"
+		[ -r $3 ] || exec echo "failed to read initrd image $3"
+		[ -r $4 ] || exec echo "failed to read system $4"
+		KERNEL=$2
+		INITRD=$3
+		SYSTEM=$4
+
+		[[ $# == 5 ]] && {
+			[ -r $5 ] || exec echo "failed to read overlay $5"
+			OVERLAY=$5
+		}
+		;;
+	*)
+		[[ $# == 1 ]] || usage
+		[ -r $1 ] || exec echo "failed to read iso-dir $1"
+esac
+
+[[ "$CREATEDIR" != 1 ]] && [ -e iso ] && die "file \"iso\" is in my way."
+
+check_reqs
+
+GRUBSRC="$( find $GRUBSRC -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | head -n 1 )"
+[ -r $GRUBSRC/stage1 -a -r $GRUBSRC/stage2 ] || die "grub stage1 or stage2 missing."
+
+[	-r $SYSLINUXSRC/isolinux.bin -a \
+	-r $SYSLINUXSRC/memdisk ] || die "isolinux.bin or memdisk missing."
+
+if [ -n "$CREATEDIR" ]
+then
+	TMPDIR=/var/tmp/rescuecd.$$
+	mkdir $TMPDIR || die "failed to create tmp-dir \"$TMPDIR\"."
+	mkdir -pv $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux $TMPDIR/iso/rescue $TMPDIR/fd
+
+	
+	#
+	# prepare the directory
+	#
+	
+	# syslinux
+	cp -v $SYSLINUXSRC/isolinux.bin $SYSLINUXSRC/memdisk $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/
+
+	# kernel
+	cp -v $KERNEL $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/krescue
+
+	# initrd
+	if [ "`file -bi $INITRD`" == "application/x-gzip" ] ; then
+		cp -v $INITRD $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/rdrescue.gz
+	else
+		echo "compressing initrd image..."
+		cat $INITRD | gzip -c > $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/rdrescue.gz
+	fi
+
+	cp -v $SYSTEM $TMPDIR/iso/rescue/system.tb2
+	[ -n "$OVERLAY" ] && cp -v $OVERLAY $TMPDIR/iso/rescue/overlay.tar.bz2
+
+	#
+	# create grub fd
+	#
+	echo "creating bootable grub fd image"
+	mkdir -v $TMPDIR/fd/grub
+	cp -v $GRUBSRC/*stage* $TMPDIR/fd/grub/
+	e2fsimage -f $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/fdgrub.img -d $TMPDIR/fd -v -s 360
+	rm -f $TMPDIR/device.map
+	echo "(fd0) $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/fdgrub.img" > $TMPDIR/device.map
+	[[ "`id -u`" == "0" ]] && {
+		echo "i don't want to run grub as root. destructive potential too high."
+		echo "if you want to do it on your own issue the following command: "
+		echo
+		echo "grub --device-map=$TMPDIR/device.map --batch <<EOF"
+		echo "root (fd0)"
+		echo "setup (fd0)"
+		echo "EOF"
+		echo
+		die "Cowardly refusing to endanger your MBR and disks."
+	}
+	grub --device-map=$TMPDIR/device.map --batch <<EOF
+root (fd0)
+setup (fd0)
+EOF
+	echo ""
+	echo "finished creating fdgrub.img"
+
+	# create isolinux.cfg
+	cat > $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/isolinux.cfg << EOF
+DEFAULT rescue
+TIMEOUT 300
+PROMPT 1
+
+DISPLAY display.txt
+
+LABEL rescue
+	KERNEL krescue
+	APPEND initrd=rdrescue.gz root=/dev/ram boot=iso9660:/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 system=/mnt_boot/rescue/system.tb2 panic=60
+
+LABEL grub
+	KERNEL memdisk
+	APPEND initrd=fdgrub.img
+
+EOF
+	cat > $TMPDIR/iso/isolinux/display.txt << "EOF"
+
+             ____   ___   ___ _  __  _
+            |  _ \ / _ \ / __| |/ / | |   _ _ __  _   _ _  _
+            | . _/| | | | |  | '_/  | |  |_| '_ \| | | | \/ |
+            | |\ \| |_| | |__| . \  | |__| | | | | `_' |>  <
+            |_| \_\ ___/ \___|_|\_\ |____|_|_| |_|\___/|_/\_|
+         [============> http://www.rocklinux.org/ <============]
+
+
+Actions:
+--------
+
+     <ENTER>                   Boot into rescue system (ramdisk)
+     grub <ENTER>              Run grub from emulated floppy image
+     rescue options <ENTER>    Boot into rescue system with given options
+
+
+"EOF"
+EOF
+
+	if [ "$CREATEDIR" == "1" ] ; then
+		echo "ready. you might want to run:"
+		echo "$0 $TMPDIR/iso"
+	elif [ "$CREATEDIR" == "2" ] ; then
+		echo "running $0 $TMPDIR/iso"
+		$0 $TMPDIR/iso
+		rm -rfv $TMPDIR
+	fi
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+test -z "$1" && usage
+ISODIR=$1
+
+test -d $ISODIR || die "ISODIR \"$ISODIR\" not a directory."
+
+create_iso_image() {
+	test -e iso && die "file \"iso\" is in my way."
+	mkisofs -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \
+		-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \
+		-boot-info-table -o iso $ISODIR
+}
+
+create_iso_image
diff --git a/target/rescue/contrib/mkrescueiso.sh b/target/rescue/contrib/mkrescueiso.sh
index ad612b626..1202d7f49 100644
--- a/target/rescue/contrib/mkrescueiso.sh
+++ b/target/rescue/contrib/mkrescueiso.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # This is a contributed script to create a bootable ISO image from your
 # rescue target build.
 #
+# It uses grub with fd-emu to create a bootable image.
+#
 # (C) 2004 Tobias Hintze
 #
 
@@ -12,19 +14,28 @@ set -e
 usage() {
 	echo "Usage:"
 	echo "  $0 ISODIR FDDIR"
-	echo "       creates the iso from iso-dir and fd-dir"
+	echo "       creates the iso image from iso-dir and fd-dir"
 	echo
 	echo "  $0 -c KERNEL INITRD[.gz] SYSTEM [OVERLAY]"
 	echo "       creates iso-dir and fd-dir"
 	echo
 	echo "  $0 -C KERNEL INITRD[.gz] SYSTEM [OVERLAY]"
-	echo "       creates the iso from kernel, initrd and system tarball"
+	echo "       creates the iso image from kernel, initrd and system tarball"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Example usage (most commonly used):"
+	echo "(You get an iso image with default configuration and given files.)"
 	echo ""
-	echo "initrd.img and system.tar.bz2 are generated during the"
-	echo "rescue-target build."
+	echo "$0 -C vmlinuz initrd.img system.tar.bz2"
 	echo ""
-	echo "the kernel must have support for devfs and initrd."
+	echo "Using the -C option is like using the -c option except that after creating"
+	echo "the temporary directories the script calls itself to create the image from them"
+	echo "(first usage option). The directories are deleted on success afterwards."
 	echo ""
+	echo "* initrd.img and system.tar.bz2 are generated during the rescue-target build."
+	echo "* kernel must have support for devfs"
+	echo "* kernel must have support for initrd"
+	echo "* kernel must have support for iso9660"
+	echo "* kernel must be small to fit on 2880KB (minus initrd and grub stages)"
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -33,15 +44,41 @@ die() {
 	exit 2
 }
 
-test -z "$1" && usage
+check_reqs() {
+	[ -z "`type -p e2fsimage`" ] && \
+		die "You need e2fsimage to create an image with this script."
+	[ -z "`type -p mkisofs`" ] && \
+		die "You need mkisofs to create an image with this script."
+	[ -z "`type -p grub`" ] && \
+		die "You need grub to create an image with this script."
+	echo "requirements ok."
+}
 
-if [ "$1" == "-c" ] ; then
-	CREATEDIRS=1
-fi
-if [ "$1" == "-C" ] ; then
-	CREATEDIRS=2
-fi
-if [ ! -z "$CREATEDIRS" ]
+test -z "$1" && usage
+case "$1" in
+	-c|-C)
+		CREATEDIRS=1
+		[[ "$1" == "-C" ]] && CREATEDIRS=2
+		[[ $# == 4 || $# == 5 ]] || usage
+		[ -r $2 ] || exec echo "failed to read kernel image $2"
+		[ -r $3 ] || exec echo "failed to read initrd image $3"
+		[ -r $4 ] || exec echo "failed to read system $4"
+		[[ $# == 5 ]] && {
+			[ -r $5 ] || exec echo "failed to read overlay $5"
+		}
+		;;
+	*)
+		[[ $# == 2 ]] || usage
+		[ -r $1 ] || exec echo "failed to read iso-dir $1"
+		[ -r $2 ] || exec echo "failed to read fd-dir $2"
+		;;
+esac
+
+[[ "$CREATEDIRS" != 1 ]] && [ -e iso ] && die "file \"iso\" is in my way."
+
+check_reqs
+
+if [ -n "$CREATEDIRS" ]
 then
 	shift
 	TMPDIR=/var/tmp/rescue.$$
@@ -141,10 +178,10 @@ EOF
 rm -fv $ISODIR/device.map-$$
 
 
-create_fdemu_image() {
+create_iso_image() {
 	test -e iso && die "file \"iso\" is in my way."
 	mkisofs -b fdemu.img -r -l -d -c boot.catalog \
 		-allow-multidot -allow-lowercase -o iso $ISODIR
 }
 
-create_fdemu_image
+create_iso_image