diff -Naur dracut-024/dracut-functions.sh dracut-024-magellan/dracut-functions.sh
--- dracut-024/dracut-functions.sh	2012-10-16 16:31:06.000000000 +0200
+++ dracut-024-magellan/dracut-functions.sh	2012-11-15 20:58:01.252181606 +0100
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
     echo "$__newpath"
 }
 
-if strstr "$(ln --help)" "--relative"; then
+if strstr "$(ln --help &>/dev/null)" "--relative"; then
     ln_r() {
         ln -sfnr "${initdir}/$1" "${initdir}/$2"
     }
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
             else
             # create directory
                 mkdir -m 0755 -p "${initdir}/$_file" || return 1
-                [[ -e "$_file" ]] && chmod --reference="$_file" "${initdir}/$_file"
+                [[ -e "$_file" ]] && chmod $(stat -c %a "$_file") "${initdir}/$_file"
                 chmod u+w "${initdir}/$_file"
             fi
         done
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
             fi
         fi
         ddebug "Installing $_src"
-        cp --reflink=auto --sparse=auto -pfL "$_src" "${initdir}/$_target"
+        cp -pfL "$_src" "${initdir}/$_target"
     }
 
     # same as above, but specialized for symlinks
diff -Naur dracut-024/dracut.sh dracut-024-magellan/dracut.sh
--- dracut-024/dracut.sh	2012-10-16 16:31:06.000000000 +0200
+++ dracut-024-magellan/dracut.sh	2012-11-15 20:57:48.068181694 +0100
@@ -972,11 +972,11 @@
                 if [[ -d "$i" ]]; then
                     if ! [[ -e "$s" ]]; then
                         mkdir -m 0755 -p "$s"
-                        chmod --reference="$i" "$s"
+                        chmod $(stat -c %a "$i") "$s"
                     fi
-                    cp --reflink=auto --sparse=auto -fa -t "$s" "$i"/*
+                    cp -fa -t "$s" "$i"/*
                 else
-                    cp --reflink=auto --sparse=auto -fa -t "$s" "$i"
+                    cp -fa -t "$s" "$i"
                 fi
             done
         fi
diff -Naur dracut-024/install/dracut-install.c dracut-024-magellan/install/dracut-install.c
--- dracut-024/install/dracut-install.c	2012-10-16 16:31:06.000000000 +0200
+++ dracut-024-magellan/install/dracut-install.c	2012-11-15 20:57:48.068181694 +0100
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
  normal_copy:
         pid = fork();
         if (pid == 0) {
-                execlp("cp", "cp", "--reflink=auto", "--sparse=auto", "--preserve=mode", "-fL", src, dst, NULL);
+                execlp("cp", "cp", "-pfL", src, dst, NULL);
                 _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
diff -Naur dracut-024/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh dracut-024-magellan/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh
--- dracut-024/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh	2012-10-16 16:31:06.000000000 +0200
+++ dracut-024-magellan/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh	2012-11-15 20:57:48.069181694 +0100
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
         for _src in $(eval echo ${kbddir}/{${KBDSUBDIRS}}); do
             inst_dir "$_src"
-            cp --reflink=auto --sparse=auto -prfL -t "${initdir}/${_src}" "$_src"/*
+            cp -prfL -t "${initdir}/${_src}" "$_src"/*
         done
 
         # remove unnecessary files
diff -Naur dracut-024/modules.d/95terminfo/module-setup.sh dracut-024-magellan/modules.d/95terminfo/module-setup.sh
--- dracut-024/modules.d/95terminfo/module-setup.sh	2012-10-16 16:31:06.000000000 +0200
+++ dracut-024-magellan/modules.d/95terminfo/module-setup.sh	2012-11-15 20:58:36.676181354 +0100
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 
     if [ -d ${_terminfodir} ]; then
         inst_dir "$_terminfodir"
-        cp --reflink=auto --sparse=auto -prfL -t "${initdir}/${_terminfodir}" "$_terminfodir"/*
+        cp -prfL "$_terminfodir"/* "${initdir}/${_terminfodir}"
     fi
 }
diff -Naur dracut-024/test/TEST-12-RAID-DEG/test.sh dracut-024-magellan/test/TEST-12-RAID-DEG/test.sh
--- dracut-024/test/TEST-12-RAID-DEG/test.sh	2012-10-16 16:31:06.000000000 +0200
+++ dracut-024-magellan/test/TEST-12-RAID-DEG/test.sh	2012-11-15 20:57:48.069181694 +0100
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 client_run() {
     echo "CLIENT TEST START: $@"
-    cp --sparse=always --reflink=auto $TESTDIR/disk2.img $TESTDIR/disk2.img.new
-    cp --sparse=always --reflink=auto $TESTDIR/disk3.img $TESTDIR/disk3.img.new
+    cp $TESTDIR/disk2.img $TESTDIR/disk2.img.new
+    cp $TESTDIR/disk3.img $TESTDIR/disk3.img.new
 
     $testdir/run-qemu \
 	-hda $TESTDIR/root.ext2 -m 256M -nographic \