diff -Naur mkinitrd-6.3.5/livecd/linuxrc.sh mkinitrd-6.3.5-magellan/livecd/linuxrc.sh
--- mkinitrd-6.3.5/livecd/linuxrc.sh	2012-04-23 16:18:35.714982656 +0200
+++ mkinitrd-6.3.5-magellan/livecd/linuxrc.sh	2012-04-23 16:14:56.453982660 +0200
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
 BREAK_ENABLED=no
 UNIONFS=no
 UNIONFS_FILE=""
-CLOOPMOUNTDIR="/sysroot/mnt/cloop"
+SYSROOT="/sysroot"
+CLOOPMOUNTDIR="${SYSROOT}/mnt/cloop"
 
 ## starts here ##
 
@@ -124,13 +125,13 @@
 echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 
 # create newroot mount point
-mkdir -p /sysroot
+mkdir -p ${SYSROOT}
 # fake a new filesystem (also needed with an initramfs!!)
-mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /sysroot
+mount -t tmpfs tmpfs ${SYSROOT}
 
-mkdir -p /sysroot/mnt/cdrom
-mkdir -p /sysroot/mnt/cloop
-mkdir -p /sysroot/mnt/magellan
+mkdir -p ${SYSROOT}/mnt/cdrom
+mkdir -p ${SYSROOT}/mnt/cloop
+mkdir -p ${SYSROOT}/mnt/magellan
 
 
 # needed for the usbstick, the timeout maybe to short
@@ -182,17 +183,17 @@
 	exit 1
 else
 	echo -e "Booting from: $BOOT_DEVICE ..."
-	mount -o ro -t "${FSTYPE}" "${BOOT_DEVICE}" /sysroot/mnt/cdrom >/dev/null 2>&1
+	mount -o ro -t "${FSTYPE}" "${BOOT_DEVICE}" ${SYSROOT}/mnt/cdrom >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 	# write our boot_device to /mnt/.bootdev for later use (mtab)
-	echo "BOOTDEV=${BOOT_DEVICE}" > /sysroot/.bootdev
-	echo "FSTYPE=${FSTYPE}" >> /sysroot/.bootdev
+	echo "BOOTDEV=${BOOT_DEVICE}" > ${SYSROOT}/.bootdev
+	echo "FSTYPE=${FSTYPE}" >> ${SYSROOT}/.bootdev
 
 	# mount squashfs
 	echo -e "Mounting squashfs system image ..."
 	echo
 	[ ! -e /dev/loop0 ] && mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0
-	mount -o loop,ro -t squashfs /sysroot/mnt/cdrom/livecdrootfs.sqsh "${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}"
+	mount -o loop,ro -t squashfs ${SYSROOT}/mnt/cdrom/livecdrootfs.sqsh "${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}"
 
 	# mount unionfs if enabled
 	if [[ ${UNIONFS} = yes ]]
@@ -200,38 +201,38 @@
 		echo -e "Mounting writeable cdbuffer (unionfs) ..."
 	
 		# default setting
-		CLOOPMOUNTDIR="/sysroot/mnt/unionfs"
-		[[ -z ${UNIONFS_FILE} ]] && UNIONFS_FILE="/sysroot/mnt/cdrom/unionfs"
+		CLOOPMOUNTDIR="${SYSROOT}/mnt/unionfs"
+		[[ -z ${UNIONFS_FILE} ]] && UNIONFS_FILE="${SYSROOT}/mnt/cdrom/unionfs"
 
-		[[ ! -d /sysroot/mnt/unionfs ]] && install -d /sysroot/mnt/unionfs
-		mount -t unionfs dirs=${UNIONFS_FILE}=rw:/sysroot/mnt/cloop=ro ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}
+		[[ ! -d ${SYSROOT}/mnt/unionfs ]] && install -d ${SYSROOT}/mnt/unionfs
+		mount -t unionfs dirs=${UNIONFS_FILE}=rw:${SYSROOT}/mnt/cloop=ro ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}
 	fi
 
 	# symlinking cloop rootfs to /mnt as newroot
-	cd /sysroot
+	cd ${SYSROOT}
 
 	for x in bin sbin lib lib64 boot usr opt
 	do
-		[ -d ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR/\/sysroot\//}/${x} ] && ln -s ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR/\/sysroot\//}/${x} ${x}
+		[ -d ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}/${x} ] && ln -s ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR#${SYSROOT}}/${x} ${x}
 	done
 	mkdir -p initrd proc tmp sys var/tmp dev media
 
-	# make /sysroot/dev/console & /mnt/dev/null
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/console ] && mknod -m 600 /sysroot/dev/console c 5 1
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/null ] && mknod -m 666 /sysroot/dev/null c 1 3
+	# make ${SYSROOT}/dev/console & /mnt/dev/null
+	[ ! -e ${SYSROOT}/dev/console ] && mknod -m 600 ${SYSROOT}/dev/console c 5 1
+	[ ! -e ${SYSROOT}/dev/null ] && mknod -m 666 ${SYSROOT}/dev/null c 1 3
 	# only to be safe and to have a log channel
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/tty ] && mknod /sysroot/dev/tty c 5 0
+	[ ! -e ${SYSROOT}/dev/tty ] && mknod ${SYSROOT}/dev/tty c 5 0
 	# busybox needs this one
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/tty5 ] && mknod /sysroot/dev/tty5 c 4 5
+	[ ! -e ${SYSROOT}/dev/tty5 ] && mknod ${SYSROOT}/dev/tty5 c 4 5
 
-	(cd ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}; cp -a etc root home var /sysroot)
+	(cd ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}; cp -a etc root home var ${SYSROOT})
 
-	# ensure that /sysroot/linurc exists
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/linuxrc ] && ln -snf ${INITEXEC} /sysroot/linuxrc
+	# 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
+	chmod 1777 ${SYSROOT}/tmp
+	chmod 1777 ${SYSROOT}/var/tmp
 fi
 
 cd /
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@
 fi
 
 echo "-- Switching to real sysroot ..."
-mount --move /dev /sysroot/dev
-mount --move /sys /sysroot/sys
-mount --move /proc /sysroot/proc
+mount --move /dev ${SYSROOT}/dev
+mount --move /sys ${SYSROOT}/sys
+mount --move /proc ${SYSROOT}/proc
 
-exec run-init /sysroot ${INITEXEC} $@ </sysroot/dev/console >/sysroot/dev/console
+exec run-init ${SYSROOT} ${INITEXEC} $@ < ${SYSROOT}/dev/console > ${SYSROOT}/dev/console