diff --git a/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab b/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
index b52a08f5dd..a6c014e751 100644
--- a/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
+++ b/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # process   == program to run
 
 # Startup the system
-null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
+null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 null::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
diff --git a/target/generic/target_skeleton/var/cache b/target/generic/target_skeleton/var/cache
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..1431b0e432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/generic/target_skeleton/var/cache
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../tmp
\ No newline at end of file