diff -Naur mkinitrd-6.3.5/livecd/linuxrc.sh mkinitrd-6.3.5-magellan/livecd/linuxrc.sh
--- mkinitrd-6.3.5/livecd/linuxrc.sh	2011-01-29 15:23:02.000000000 +0100
+++ mkinitrd-6.3.5-magellan/livecd/linuxrc.sh	2011-08-12 13:58:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@
 
 	(cd /sysroot/mnt/cloop; cp -a etc root home var /sysroot)
 
+	# ensure that /sysroot/linurc exists
+	[ ! -e /sysroot/linuxrc ] && ln -snf ${INITEXEC} /sysroot/linuxrc
+
 	# ensure the right permissions
 	chmod 1777 /sysroot/tmp
 	chmod 1777 /sysroot/var/tmp