diff --git a/hacking/copy_files_for_iso.sh b/hacking/copy_files_for_iso.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+testdir=./iso-root-dir
+
+# Create base
+rm -rf "$testdir"
+mkdir "$testdir"
+
+# Copy binaries
+
+# Copy kernel
+mkdir -p "$testdir/boot"
+cp /boot/vmlinuz-linux "$testdir/boot/kernel"
+cp /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img "$testdir/boot/initramfs"
+
+# Create iso
+genisoimage -v -V "cdist preos v0.1" \
+    -cache-inodes -J -l  \
+    -r -no-emul-boot \
+    -boot-load-size 4 -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -o cdist-preos.iso iso
+
diff --git a/hacking/filelist_from_package.sh b/hacking/filelist_from_package.sh
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+++ b/hacking/filelist_from_package.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Generate filelist excluding stuff that takes only space
+for pkg in bash systemd util-linux; do
+    pacman -Qlq $pkg | grep -v \
+        -e /usr/share/man/
+done
diff --git a/hacking/filelist_to_dir.sh b/hacking/filelist_to_dir.sh
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+++ b/hacking/filelist_to_dir.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "$0 outdir"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+outdir=$1; shift
+
+mkdir -p "$outdir"
+
+while read file; do
+    if [ -d "$file" ]; then
+        mkdir -p "$outdir$file"
+    else
+        cp --preserve=mode,links "$file" "$outdir$file"
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/hacking/qemu-test.sh b/hacking/qemu-test.sh
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+++ b/hacking/qemu-test.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "$0 iso"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+iso=$1; shift
+
+qemu-system-x86_64 -m 512 -boot order=cd \
+    -drive=$iso,media=cdrom
+
diff --git a/hacking/recursive-ldd.sh b/hacking/recursive-ldd.sh
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new mode 100755