diff --git a/board/bananapi/boot.cmd b/board/bananapi/boot.cmd
index fe18ea35a0..d071846d4f 100644
--- a/board/bananapi/boot.cmd
+++ b/board/bananapi/boot.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-setenv bootargs console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait panic=10 earlyprintk ${extra}
+setenv bootargs console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait panic=10 earlyprintk quiet loglevel=1 ${extra}
 fatload mmc 0 0x49000000 sun7i-a20-bananapi.dtb
 fatload mmc 0 0x46000000 uImage
 setenv fdt_high ffffffff
diff --git a/board/common/busybox-1.22.x.config b/board/common/busybox-1.22.x.config
index 13ce081b61..9f53a24f1a 100644
--- a/board/common/busybox-1.22.x.config
+++ b/board/common/busybox-1.22.x.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
 # Busybox version: 1.23.2
-# Sat Nov 14 19:10:47 2015
+# Sun Nov 15 16:54:44 2015
 #
 CONFIG_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG=y
 
@@ -1027,16 +1027,16 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_NONE=y
 # System Logging Utilities
 #
 CONFIG_SYSLOGD=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG=y
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG is not set
+CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE=256
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE=0
 # CONFIG_LOGREAD is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG is not set
-CONFIG_KLOGD=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_KLOGD_KLOGCTL=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_KMSG_SYSLOG=y
+# CONFIG_KLOGD is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_KLOGD_KLOGCTL is not set
 CONFIG_LOGGER=y
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S01hostname b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S01hostname
index de378e7e7c..fed489d840 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S01hostname
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S01hostname
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 sys_hostname_file="/etc/hostname"
 hostname_file="/data/etc/hostname"
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 case "$1" in
     start)
         msg_begin "Setting hostname"
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S02modules b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S02modules
index 4ddeeba0f9..62660890dc 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S02modules
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S02modules
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sys_modules_file="/etc_modules"
-modules_file="/data/etc_modules"
+sys_modules_file="/etc/modules"
+modules_file="/data/etc/modules"
+
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
 
 case "$1" in
     start)
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S03logging b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S03logging
index c618089b2f..e77fdc0877 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S03logging
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S03logging
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 case "$1" in
     start)
-	    msg_begin "Starting logging"
-    	start-stop-daemon -b -S -q -m -p /var/run/syslogd.pid --exec /sbin/syslogd -- -n
-	    msg_done
-	    ;;
+        msg_begin "Starting syslogd"
+        syslogd
+        test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
+        ;;
 
     stop)
-	    msg_begin "Stopping logging"
-	    start-stop-daemon -K -q -p /var/run/syslogd.pid
-    	msg_done
-	    ;;
+        msg_begin "Stopping syslogd"
+        killall syslogd &>/dev/null
+        test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
+        ;;
 
     *)
-	    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
-    	exit 1
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
+        exit 1
 esac
 
 exit $?
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S10watchdog b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S10watchdog
index 9ece91787f..8018a92651 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S10watchdog
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S10watchdog
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# these aren't used in this file but
-# throughout various init scripts
-sys_watch_conf="/etc/watch.conf"
-watch_conf="/data/etc/watch.conf"
-
-if [ -f $sys_watch_conf ] && ! [ -f $watch_conf ]; then
-    cp $sys_watch_conf $watch_conf
-fi
-
 test -c /dev/watchdog || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 case "$1" in
     start)
         msg_begin "Starting watchdog"
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S11datapart b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S11datapart
index e4094388c1..22da4eee86 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S11datapart
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S11datapart
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ data_dev="${disk_dev}p3"
 
 test -b $data_dev && exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 case "$1" in
     start)
         msg_begin "Creating data partition"
@@ -13,13 +15,12 @@ case "$1" in
             3
             \n
             \n
-            w" | /sbin/fdisk $disk_dev >/dev/null
-        test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
-        sync
+            w" | /sbin/fdisk $disk_dev 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -v "Device or resource busy" | grep -v '^$'
         partx -a $disk_dev &>/dev/null
+        test -b $data_dev && msg_done || msg_fail
 
         msg_begin "Formatting data partition"
-        mkfs.ext4 $data_dev
+        mkfs.ext4 -q $data_dev
         test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
         
         msg_begin "Mounting data partition"
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S12udev b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S12udev
index 1e243eab3f..2c2bbdd61b 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S12udev
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S12udev
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 test -f /etc/udev/udev.conf || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 source /etc/udev/udev.conf
 
 start() {
     msg_begin "Starting eudev"
     echo '\000\000\000\000' > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
-    /sbin/udevd --daemon
+    /sbin/udevd --daemon --resolve-names=never
     test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
 
     /sbin/udevadm trigger --type=subsystems --action=add
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S13mountall b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S13mountall
index 4ee2629f96..8a229e23af 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S13mountall
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S13mountall
@@ -3,13 +3,7 @@
 sys_conf="/etc/os.conf"
 conf="/data/etc/os.conf"
 
-if [ -f $sys_conf ] && ! [ -f $conf ]; then
-    cp $sys_conf $conf
-fi
-
-if [ -f $conf ]; then
-    source $conf
-fi
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
 
 case "$1" in
     start)
@@ -17,12 +11,20 @@ case "$1" in
         /bin/mount -a
         test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
 
+        if [ -f $sys_conf ] && ! [ -f $conf ]; then
+            cp $sys_conf $conf
+        fi
+
+        if [ -f $conf ]; then
+            source $conf
+        fi
+
         if [ "$os_debug" == "true" ]; then
             msg_begin "Remounting boot partition read-write"
             mount -o remount,rw /boot
             test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
 
-            echo -n "Remounting root partition read-write: "
+            msg_begin "Remounting root partition read-write: "
             mount -o remount,rw /
             test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
         fi
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S21passwd b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S21passwd
index d3398e577c..f75a069b4b 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S21passwd
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S21passwd
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 case "$1" in
     start)
         # make sure root and admin users exist in shadow file
@@ -14,11 +16,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
         # set root and admin passwords
         password=$(/etc/init.d/adminpw)
-        if [ -z "$password" ]; then
-            echo "Setting empty root/admin password"
-        else
-            echo "Setting custom root/admin password"
-        fi
+        msg_begin "Setting root password"
 
         rm -f /data/etc/shadow+
         rm -f /data/etc/shadow-
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@ case "$1" in
         
         sed -r -i 's/root:([^:]+):[[:digit:]]+:/root:\1::/' /data/etc/shadow # removes pwd expiration
         sed -r -i 's/admin:([^:]+):[[:digit:]]+:/admin:\1::/' /data/etc/shadow # removes pwd expiration
+        
+        msg_done
         ;;
 
     stop)
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S35wifi b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S35wifi
index 277a386f43..ce09558d03 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S35wifi
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S35wifi
@@ -2,26 +2,35 @@
 
 sys_conf="/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
 conf="/data/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
+
 log="/var/log/wpa_supplicant.log"
 prog="/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant"
 iface=wlan0
 driver=wext
 
+sys_watch_conf="/etc/watch.conf"
 watch_conf="/data/etc/watch.conf"
+
 link_watch=yes
 link_watch_timeout=20
 
+if [ -f $sys_watch_conf ] && ! [ -f $watch_conf ]; then
+    cp $sys_watch_conf $watch_conf
+fi
+
 test -f $watch_conf && source $watch_conf
 
 if [ -f $sys_conf ] && ! [ -f $conf ]; then
     cp $sys_conf $conf
 fi
 
-test -f $watch_conf || exit 0
+test -f $conf || exit 0
 
 ssid=$(cat $conf | grep ssid | grep -v scan_ssid | cut -d '"' -f 2)
 test -n "$ssid" || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 connected() {
     ip link show dev $iface 2>&1 | grep LOWER_UP &> /dev/null && return 0 || return 1
 }
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S36ppp b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S36ppp
index fd79a2717d..002419dfab 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S36ppp
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S36ppp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ fi
 
 test -f $conf/modem || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 connected() {
     ifconfig | grep $dev &>/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0 || return 1
 }
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
index ec8566b5f2..170380f292 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ wlan=wlan0
 test -r $watch_conf && source $watch_conf
 
 if [ -f $sys_static_conf ] && ! [ -f $static_conf ]; then
-    mkdir -p $(dirname $static_conf)
     cp $sys_static_conf $static_conf
 fi
 
 test -r $static_conf && source $static_conf
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 watch_eth() {
     count=0
     while true; do
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S41netwatch b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S41netwatch
index 8031f02599..925681a782 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S41netwatch
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S41netwatch
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ test -f $watch_conf && source $watch_conf || exit 0
 
 test -z "$netwatch_host" || -z "$netwatch_port" && exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 watch() {
     count=0
     netwatch_retries=$(($netwatch_retries - 1))
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date
index e0adb2bd61..e2a565399e 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S50date
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ fi
 
 test -f $conf || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 date_timeout=10
 date_method=http
 date_host="google.com"
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ set_current_date_ntp() {
 start_http() {
     msg_begin "Setting current date using http"
     set_current_date_http
-    test $? == 0 && msg_done $(date) || msg_fail
+    test $? == 0 && msg_done "$(date)" || msg_fail
     
     msg_begin "Starting http date updater"
     while true; do
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ start_ntp() {
     
     msg_begin "Setting current date using ntp"
     set_current_date_ntp
-    test $? == 0 && msg_done $(date) || msg_fail
+    test $? == 0 && msg_done "$(date)" || msg_fail
 
     msg_begin "Starting ntpd"
     ntpd -g -c /etc/ntp.conf
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S51crond b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S51crond
index 4c109d659c..9ede66b829 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S51crond
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S51crond
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 start() {
     msg_begin "Starting crond"
     
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S60sshd b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S60sshd
index 025faadb07..7adcb58270 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S60sshd
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S60sshd
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ conf="/etc/sshd_config"
 
 test -f $conf || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 start() {
     msg_begin "Starting sshd"
     
     # create any missing keys
-    /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -A
+    if ! /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -A >/dev/null; then
+        msg_fail
+        return 1
+    fi
+
     umask 077
     hostname=$(hostname)
     echo "Welcome to $hostname!" > /var/cache/sshd_banner
@@ -30,11 +36,11 @@ case "$1" in
 
     stop)
         stop
-        start
         ;;
 
-    restart|reload)
-        restart
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
         ;;
 
     *)
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S61proftpd b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S61proftpd
index 5effec7b3c..550f05dcf8 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S61proftpd
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S61proftpd
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 test -f /etc/proftpd.conf || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 start() {
     msg_begin "Starting proftpd"
     mkdir -p /var/run/proftpd
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S62smb b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S62smb
index d7ff9d659e..379e34c2ca 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S62smb
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S62smb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 test -f /etc/samba/smb.conf || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 start() {
     msg_begin "Setting smb admin password"
     
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S85motioneye b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S85motioneye
index 862ee9f559..141ecf8a90 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S85motioneye
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S85motioneye
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ fi
 
 test -f "$conf" || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 opts=$(cat "$conf" | while read line; do echo "--$line"; done)
 port=$(echo "$opts" | grep -oE 'port [[:digit:]]+' | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
 
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S99userinit b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S99userinit
index d79a7728b6..ffaf1dfb10 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S99userinit
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S99userinit
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ userinit_sh="/data/etc/userinit.sh"
 
 test -f $userinit_sh || exit 0
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 case "$1" in
     start)
         msg_begin "Executing user init script"
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/functions b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/base
similarity index 59%
rename from board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/functions
rename to board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/base
index d3dc896465..eb9711b43b 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/functions
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/base
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+source /etc/version
+board_sn=$(/etc/init.d/boardsn)
+board_name=$(cat /etc/board)
+
 msg_begin() {
-    echo -n "$1: "
+    echo -n "* $1: "
 }
 
 msg_done() {
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK
index 44e5cb49b0..825b6f3437 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcK
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 boot_log=/var/log/boot.log
 pid_file=/tmp/rc.pid
 
-source /etc/init.d/vars
-source /etc/init.d/functions
+source /etc/init.d/base
 
 echo "---- shutting down $os_name $os_version ----" >> $boot_log
 
 # stop all init scripts in /etc/init.d,
-# executing them in numerical order.
-(for i in /etc/init.d/S??*; do
+# executing them in reverse numerical order.
+(for i in $(ls -r /etc/init.d/S??*); do
     [ ! -x "$i" ] && continue
     [ -f /data/etc/no_$(basename $i) ] && continue
 
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
index bb0dc01c76..f8a3eddca1 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/rcS
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 boot_log=/var/log/boot.log
+tmp_boot_log=/tmp/boot.log
 pid_file=/tmp/rc.pid
 
-if ! [ -d /var/log ]; then
-    # at the very first boot,
-    # we won't have the /var/log directory
-    boot_log=/tmp/boot.log
-    tmp_log=yes
-fi
+source /etc/init.d/base
 
-source /etc/init.d/vars
-source /etc/init.d/functions
-
-echo "---- booting $os_name $os_version----" >> $boot_log
+echo "---- booting $os_name $os_version----" >> $tmp_boot_log
 
 # start all init scripts in /etc/init.d,
 # executing them in numerical order.
@@ -26,15 +19,12 @@ echo "---- booting $os_name $os_version----" >> $boot_log
         set start
         . $i
     )
-done& echo $! > $pid_file) | tee -a $boot_log &
+done& echo $! > $pid_file) | tee -a $tmp_boot_log &
 
 pid=$(cat $pid_file)
 while kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null; do
     sleep 1
 done
 
-if [ -n "$tmp_log" ]; then
-    # persist the boot log at first boot
-    mv $boot_log /var/log
-fi
+test -d $(dirname $boot_log) && cat $tmp_boot_log >> $boot_log
 
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/vars b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/vars
deleted file mode 100755
index 334a017596..0000000000
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/vars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-source /etc/version
-board_sn=$(/etc/init.d/boardsn)
-board_name=$(cat /etc/board)
-
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/inittab b/board/common/overlay/etc/inittab
index f9c98a75cb..3a51a40451 100644
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/inittab
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/inittab
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty -L tty1 115200 vt100
 
 # Stuff to do before rebooting
 ::shutdown:/etc/init.d/rcK
-::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
+null::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
 
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/proftpd.conf b/board/common/overlay/etc/proftpd.conf
index 8f29f458e8..054e36c9e1 100644
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/proftpd.conf
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/proftpd.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ServerName "motionEye"
+ServerIdent off
 ServerType standalone
 DefaultServer on
 Port 21
diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/syslog.conf b/board/common/overlay/etc/syslog.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38e2e9a33e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+syslog.=info /dev/null
+*.*;syslog.!info /var/log/messages
diff --git a/board/common/startup-scripts.sh b/board/common/startup-scripts.sh
index 53bc4e10d4..2835c9f4e9 100755
--- a/board/common/startup-scripts.sh
+++ b/board/common/startup-scripts.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ if [ -z "$TARGET" ]; then
 fi
 
 # disable startup scripts
-rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S15watchdog # replaced by S02watchdog
-rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S49ntp # replaced by S60date
-rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S50nginx # not needed
-rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S50proftpd # replaced by S70proftpd
+rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S01logging
+rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S15watchdog
+rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S49ntp
+rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S50proftpd
 rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S20urandom
 rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S80dhcp-relay
 rm -f $TARGET/etc/init.d/S80dhcp-server
diff --git a/board/cubietruck/boot.cmd b/board/cubietruck/boot.cmd
index b39b45c784..bf1ead30f6 100644
--- a/board/cubietruck/boot.cmd
+++ b/board/cubietruck/boot.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-setenv bootargs console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait panic=10 earlyprintk ${extra}
+setenv bootargs console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait panic=10 earlyprintk quiet loglevel=1 ${extra}
 fatload mmc 0 0x49000000 sun7i-a20-cubietruck.dtb
 fatload mmc 0 0x46000000 uImage
 setenv fdt_high ffffffff
diff --git a/board/odroidc1/boot.ini b/board/odroidc1/boot.ini
index f8712bd45b..f360b69316 100644
--- a/board/odroidc1/boot.ini
+++ b/board/odroidc1/boot.ini
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ setenv vpu "0"
 setenv hdmioutput "0"
 
 # Boot Arguments
-setenv bootargs "console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro no_console_suspend vdaccfg=0xa000 logo=osd1,loaded,0x7900000,720p,full dmfc=3 cvbsmode=576cvbs hdmimode=${m} m_bpp=${m_bpp} vout=${vout_mode} ${disableuhs}"
+setenv bootargs "console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro no_console_suspend panic=10 quiet loglevel=1 vdaccfg=0xa000 logo=osd1,loaded,0x7900000,720p,full dmfc=3 cvbsmode=576cvbs hdmimode=${m} m_bpp=${m_bpp} vout=${vout_mode} ${disableuhs}"
 
 # Booting
 fatload mmc 0:1 0x21000000 uImage
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/cmdline.txt b/board/raspberrypi/cmdline.txt
index 5f1250d798..79f7e0ae94 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/cmdline.txt
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/cmdline.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait ro rootflags=noload
+dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait ro rootflags=noload panic=10 quiet loglevel=1
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S05brownout b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S04brownout
similarity index 66%
rename from board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S05brownout
rename to board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S04brownout
index 118cc1d78f..215e307d97 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S05brownout
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S04brownout
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 gpio=35
 check_interval=30
 export=/sys/class/gpio/export
 read=/sys/class/gpio/gpio$gpio/value
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 configure() {
     echo $gpio > $export
 }
@@ -20,20 +22,20 @@ watch() {
 
 case "$1" in
     start)
-        echo -n "Starting brownout detector: "
+        msg_begin "Starting brownout detector"
         configure
+        test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
         watch &
-        echo "done"
         ;;
 
     stop)
-        echo -n "Stopping brownout detector: "
+        msg_begin "Stopping brownout detector"
         ps | grep brownout | grep -v $$ | grep -v grep | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^\s//' | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs -r kill
-        echo "done"
+        test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
         ;;
 
     *)
-        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
         exit 1
 esac
 
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye
index c386f053d4..81e2e2c896 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye
@@ -1,40 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR=/data/etc/
+motioneye_conf_dir="/data/etc/"
+
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
 
 enabled() {
-    if [ $(ls -1 $MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR/thread-*.conf 2>/dev/null| wc -l) != 1 ]; then
-        return 1
-    fi
+    test $(ls -1 $motioneye_conf_dir/thread-*.conf 2>/dev/null| wc -l) == 1 || return 1
     
-    if ! grep '# @proto mjpeg' $MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null; then
-        return 1
-    fi
-    
-    if ! grep -E '# @url http://(.*)127.0.0.1:' $MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null; then
-        return 1
-    fi
+    grep '# @proto mjpeg' $motioneye_conf_dir/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null || return 1
     
+    grep -E '# @url http://(.*)127.0.0.1:' $motioneye_conf_dir/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null || return 1
+
     return 0
 }
 
 enabled || exit 0
 
 start() {
-    echo -n "Starting streameye: "
+    msg_begin "Starting streameye"
     streameye.sh start
-    echo "done"
+    test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
 }
 
 stop() {
-    echo -n "Shutting down streameye: "
+    msg_begin "Stopping streameye"
     streameye.sh stop
-    echo "done"
-}
-
-restart() {
-    stop
-    start
+    test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
 }
 
 case "$1" in
@@ -47,7 +38,8 @@ case "$1" in
         ;;
 
     restart)
-        restart
+        stop
+        start
         ;;
 
     *)
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh
index a1dc4e9310..62e99a0a2a 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function stop() {
         sleep 1
         count=$(($count + 1))
     done
-    kill -KILL "$pid" &>/dev/null
+    kill -KILL "$pid" &>/dev/null || true
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi2/cmdline.txt b/board/raspberrypi2/cmdline.txt
index 5f1250d798..79f7e0ae94 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi2/cmdline.txt
+++ b/board/raspberrypi2/cmdline.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait ro rootflags=noload
+dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait ro rootflags=noload panic=10 quiet loglevel=1
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S05brownout b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S04brownout
similarity index 66%
rename from board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S05brownout
rename to board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S04brownout
index 118cc1d78f..215e307d97 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S05brownout
+++ b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S04brownout
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 gpio=35
 check_interval=30
 export=/sys/class/gpio/export
 read=/sys/class/gpio/gpio$gpio/value
 
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
+
 configure() {
     echo $gpio > $export
 }
@@ -20,20 +22,20 @@ watch() {
 
 case "$1" in
     start)
-        echo -n "Starting brownout detector: "
+        msg_begin "Starting brownout detector"
         configure
+        test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
         watch &
-        echo "done"
         ;;
 
     stop)
-        echo -n "Stopping brownout detector: "
+        msg_begin "Stopping brownout detector"
         ps | grep brownout | grep -v $$ | grep -v grep | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^\s//' | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs -r kill
-        echo "done"
+        test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
         ;;
 
     *)
-        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
         exit 1
 esac
 
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye
index c386f053d4..81e2e2c896 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye
+++ b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/etc/init.d/S84streameye
@@ -1,40 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR=/data/etc/
+motioneye_conf_dir="/data/etc/"
+
+test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
 
 enabled() {
-    if [ $(ls -1 $MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR/thread-*.conf 2>/dev/null| wc -l) != 1 ]; then
-        return 1
-    fi
+    test $(ls -1 $motioneye_conf_dir/thread-*.conf 2>/dev/null| wc -l) == 1 || return 1
     
-    if ! grep '# @proto mjpeg' $MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null; then
-        return 1
-    fi
-    
-    if ! grep -E '# @url http://(.*)127.0.0.1:' $MOTIONEYE_CONF_DIR/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null; then
-        return 1
-    fi
+    grep '# @proto mjpeg' $motioneye_conf_dir/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null || return 1
     
+    grep -E '# @url http://(.*)127.0.0.1:' $motioneye_conf_dir/thread-1.conf &>/dev/null || return 1
+
     return 0
 }
 
 enabled || exit 0
 
 start() {
-    echo -n "Starting streameye: "
+    msg_begin "Starting streameye"
     streameye.sh start
-    echo "done"
+    test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
 }
 
 stop() {
-    echo -n "Shutting down streameye: "
+    msg_begin "Stopping streameye"
     streameye.sh stop
-    echo "done"
-}
-
-restart() {
-    stop
-    start
+    test $? == 0 && msg_done || msg_fail
 }
 
 case "$1" in
@@ -47,7 +38,8 @@ case "$1" in
         ;;
 
     restart)
-        restart
+        stop
+        start
         ;;
 
     *)
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh
index ebc54082ef..7178f93e00 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh
+++ b/board/raspberrypi2/overlay/usr/bin/streameye.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function stop() {
         sleep 1
         count=$(($count + 1))
     done
-    kill -KILL "$pid" &>/dev/null
+    kill -KILL "$pid" &>/dev/null || true
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/package/motioneye/extractl.py b/package/motioneye/extractl.py
index 531a8254af..7c79d1f728 100644
--- a/package/motioneye/extractl.py
+++ b/package/motioneye/extractl.py
@@ -142,15 +142,13 @@ def _set_os_settings(s):
             line = line.strip()
             if not line:
                 continue
-    
+
             try:
-                name, _ = line.split(' ', 2)
+                name, _ = line.split('=', 2)
     
             except:
                 continue
             
-            name = name.replace('_', '-')
-    
             if name == 'os_prereleases':
                 lines[i] = 'os_prereleases="%s"' % str(s.pop('prereleases')).lower()
     
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ def _set_motioneye_settings(s):
     s = dict(s)
     s.setdefault('port', 80)
     s.setdefault('motionBinary', '/usr/bin/motion')
-    s.setdefault('debug', False)
+    debug = s.setdefault('debug', False) # value needed later
     s.setdefault('motion_keep_alive', False)
     
     logging.debug('writing motioneye settings to %s: ' % MOTIONEYE_CONF +
@@ -274,11 +272,11 @@ def _set_motioneye_settings(s):
             f.write(line)
 
     # also update debug in os.conf
-    if s['debug']:
-        cmd = "sed -r 's/os_debug=\"?false\"?/os_debug=\"true\"/'  %s" % OS_CONF
+    if debug:
+        cmd = "sed -i -r 's/os_debug=\"?false\"?/os_debug=\"true\"/'  %s" % OS_CONF
         
     else:
-        cmd = "sed -r 's/os_debug=\"?true\"?/os_debug=\"false\"/'  %s" % OS_CONF
+        cmd = "sed -i -r 's/os_debug=\"?true\"?/os_debug=\"false\"/'  %s" % OS_CONF
 
     if os.system(cmd):
         logging.error('failed to set debug flag in os.conf')
@@ -468,8 +466,8 @@ def prereleases():
         'type': 'bool',
         'section': 'expertSettings',
         'advanced': True,
-        'get': _get_motioneye_settings,
-        'set': _set_motioneye_settings,
+        'get': _get_os_settings,
+        'set': _set_os_settings,
         'get_set_dict': True
     }
 
diff --git a/package/motioneye/motioneye.mk b/package/motioneye/motioneye.mk
index 685f2f6e2e..6a87650a00 100644
--- a/package/motioneye/motioneye.mk
+++ b/package/motioneye/motioneye.mk
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ define MOTIONEYE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
         echo "        'motioneye': ('/var/log/motioneye.log', 'motioneye.log')," >> /tmp/handlers.py.new; \
         echo "        'messages': ('/var/log/messages', 'messages.log')," >> /tmp/handlers.py.new; \
         echo "        'boot': ('/var/log/boot.log', 'boot.log')," >> /tmp/handlers.py.new; \
-        echo "        'dmesg': ('dmesg', 'dmesg.log')," >> /tmp/handlers.py.new; \
+        echo "        'dmesg': ('dmesg -T', 'dmesg.log')," >> /tmp/handlers.py.new; \
         tail -n +$$(($$lineno + 2)) $(DST_DIR)/handlers.py >> /tmp/handlers.py.new; \
         mv /tmp/handlers.py.new $(DST_DIR)/handlers.py; \
     fi