[Julien Cristau] > What are the "needed pieces"? I am sorry, do not have time to write a full update, so I give a quick pointer instead. The list we use to discuss the boot system work is initscripts-ng-devel@. See for example <URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/initscripts-ng-devel/2010-March/000844.html > for a peek into the status. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsten