diff --git a/fill-disk.sh b/fill-disk.sh
index 3240b2b57d4f..93e55f5a9794 100755
--- a/fill-disk.sh
+++ b/fill-disk.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! @bash@/bin/sh -e
 
-export PATH=@bash@/bin:@coreutilsdiet@/bin:@coreutils@/bin:@findutils@/bin:@utillinux@/bin:@utillinux@/sbin:@utilLinux@/bin:@utilLinux@/sbin:@e2fsprogs@/sbin:@grub@/sbin:@sysvinitPath@/sbin:@gnugrep@/bin:@which@/bin:@gnutar@/bin:@eject@/bin:@kudzu@/sbin
+export PATH=/bin:/sbin:@bash@/bin:@coreutilsdiet@/bin:@coreutils@/bin:@findutils@/bin:@utillinux@/bin:@utillinux@/sbin:@utilLinux@/bin:@utilLinux@/sbin:@e2fsprogs@/sbin:@grub@/sbin:@sysvinitPath@/sbin:@gnugrep@/bin:@which@/bin:@gnutar@/bin:@eject@/bin:@kudzu@/sbin
 
 ##
 ## In the beginning we want to have a minimalistic environment, built with
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ echo bringing up networking...
 
 nic=`kudzu -p | grep eth | sort | uniq | cut -d ' ' -f 2`
 
+echo "NIC: $nic"
+
 echo initialising Nix DB...
 $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store --init
 
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ echo setting init symlink...
 rm -f $root/init
 #ln -s $sysvinitPath/sbin/init $root/init
 ln -s @sysvinitPath@/sbin/init $root/sbin/init
-ln -s @bash@/bin/sh $root/bin/sh
+ln -s @bashGlibc@/bin/sh $root/bin/sh
 #ln -s @bash@/bin/bash $root/bin/bash
 
 echo setting up inittab...
@@ -294,7 +296,8 @@ echo "id:2:initdefault:" >> $root/etc/inittab
 echo "si::bootwait:$bootPath/bin/boot.sh" >> $root/etc/inittab
 echo "ht:06:wait:$bootPath/bin/halt.sh" >> $root/etc/inittab
 echo "1:2345:respawn:$bootPath/bin/login.sh /dev/tty1" >> $root/etc/inittab
-echo "#2:2345:respawn:$mingetty/sbin/mingetty tty2" >> $root/etc/inittab
+echo "2:2345:respawn:$mingetty/sbin/mingetty tty2" >> $root/etc/inittab
+echo "3:2345:respawn:$mingetty/sbin/mingetty tty3" >> $root/etc/inittab
 #echo "2:2345:respawn:$bootPath/bin/login.sh /dev/ttys/1" >> $root/etc/inittab
 
 echo setting up networking information...
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@ echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" >> $root/etc/hosts
 echo storing hardware information...
 
 kudzu -p > $root/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
+#cp /etc/modprobe.conf $root/etc/
 
 echo setting up initial account information...
 
@@ -320,6 +324,8 @@ echo "sshd:!!:12757:0:99999:7:::" >> $root/etc/shadow
 echo default profile for root
 echo "source @nix@/etc/profile.d/nix.sh" > $root/root/.profile
 
+touch_file /etc/login.defs
+
 ###
 ### Do kernel stuff here.
 ###
diff --git a/make-disk.sh b/make-disk.sh
index eda0f9cbd41f..ccca59b28f43 100755
--- a/make-disk.sh
+++ b/make-disk.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Kernel=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qR $(nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).
 SysVinit=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qR $(nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).sysvinit' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -)))
 BootPath=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qR $(nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).boot' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -)))
 
-#bash=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).bash' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
+bashGlibc=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).bash' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
 bash=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).bashStatic' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
 coreutilsdiet=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).coreutilsDiet' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
 coreutils=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -q $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).coreutils' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -))
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ echo copying nixpkgs
 
 #svn export ${nixpkgs} ${archivesDir}/pkgs
 cp -fa ${nixpkgs} ${archivesDir}
+#tar cf $archivesDir
 
 #echo copying packages from store
 
@@ -141,8 +142,6 @@ cp -fa ${nixpkgs} ${archivesDir}
 #cp -fvau --parents ${nano} ${archivesDir}
 #cp -fvau --parents ${gnutar} ${archivesDir}
 
-bashdeps=$($NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-store -qR $(nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./pkgs.nix).bashStatic' | $NIX_CMD_PATH/nix-instantiate -)))
-
 echo copying scripts
 
 mkdir ${archivesDir}/scripts
@@ -155,6 +154,7 @@ sed -e "s^@sysvinitPath\@^$sysvinitPath^g" \
     -e "s^@bootPath\@^$bootPath^g" \
     -e "s^@nix\@^$nix^g" \
     -e "s^@bash\@^$bash^g" \
+    -e "s^@bashGlibc\@^$bashGlibc^g" \
     -e "s^@findutils\@^$findutils^g" \
     -e "s^@coreutilsdiet\@^$coreutilsdiet^g" \
     -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
@@ -223,20 +223,24 @@ cp ${bash}/bin/bash ${initdir}/bin/sh
 chmod u+x ${initdir}/init
 chmod u+x ${initdir}/fill-disk.sh
 chmod u+x ${initdir}/ramdisk-login.sh
-#cp -fau --parents ${bashdeps} ${initdir}
 #cp -fau --parents ${utilLinux} ${initdir}
 #cp -fau --parents ${coreUtilsDiet} ${initdir}
 #cp -fau --parents ${e2fsProgs} ${initdir}
 #cp -fau --parents ${modUtils} ${initdir}
 #cp -fau --parents ${hotplug} ${initdir}
-cp -fau --parents ${bash} ${initdir}
-cp -fau --parents ${utilLinux} ${initdir}
-cp -fau --parents ${coreutilsdiet} ${initdir}
-cp -fau --parents ${e2fsprogs} ${initdir}
-cp -fau --parents ${modutils} ${initdir}
-cp -fau --parents ${hotplug} ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${bash}/bin ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${utilLinux}/bin ${initdir}
+chmod -R u+w ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${utilLinux}/sbin ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${coreutilsdiet}/bin ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${e2fsprogs}/bin ${initdir}
+chmod -R u+w ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${e2fsprogs}/sbin ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${modutils}/bin ${initdir}
+chmod -R u+w ${initdir}
+cp -fau --parents ${modutils}/sbin ${initdir}
+#cp -fau --parents ${hotplug} ${initdir}
 #cp -fau --parents ${kudzu} ${initdir}
-#cp -fau --parents ${eject} ${initdir}
 
 touch ${archivesDir}/NIXOS