diff --git a/makedist/defs.inc.sh b/makedist/defs.inc.sh
index 3876263..dfccb0f 100644
--- a/makedist/defs.inc.sh
+++ b/makedist/defs.inc.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ ALTREPNUM=`expr ${#REPOSITORY[*]} - 2`
 for c in `seq 0 $ALTREPNUM`; do
    echo "
 [makedist${c}]
-DESCRIPTION = makedsit repository ${c}
+DESCRIPTION = makedist repository ${c}
 REPOSITORY_DIR = ${REPOSITORY[$c]}" >> $LOCALSTATEDIR/distromatic/distromatic.conf
 done
 
diff --git a/makedist/functions.inc.sh b/makedist/functions.inc.sh
index ad56318..7cc7121 100644
--- a/makedist/functions.inc.sh
+++ b/makedist/functions.inc.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,45 @@ function prelink() {
    chroot $MOUNTDIR /sbin/ldconfig
 }
 
+function i18n_add_all_languages() {
+   # add localedata for all supported languages (requires glibc-i18ndata installed)
+   echo -n "Generating locales archive for all supported languages..."
+   cat $MOUNTDIR/usr/share/i18n/locales/SUPPORTED | sed "s|\\\||" | \
+   while read line; do
+      LOCALE=${line/\/*}
+      LOCALEPREFIX=${LOCALE/.*}
+      ENCODING=${line/*\/}
+      [ "$LOCALE" != "$ENCODING" ] || continue
+      chroot $MOUNTDIR localedef -i $LOCALEPREFIX -f $ENCODING $LOCALE
+      echo -n "$line "
+   done
+   echo
+}
+
+function i18n_add_languages_from_file() {
+   # add localedata for extra requested languages from input file (requires glibc-i18ndata installed)
+   echo -n "Generating locales archive for requested languages..."
+   cat $TARGETDIR/platforms/$PLATFORM/languages | \
+   while read REQUESTED_LANG; do
+      lines=`grep -i "^${REQUESTED_LANG}[./@]" $MOUNTDIR/usr/share/i18n/locales/SUPPORTED`
+      if [ ! "$lines" ]; then
+         echo
+         echo "Warning: requested language $REQUESTED_LANG not found in supported languages; skipping."
+      else
+         echo $lines | sed "s|\\\||g" | \
+         for line in $lines; do
+            LOCALE=${line/\/*}
+            LOCALEPREFIX=${LOCALE/.*}
+            ENCODING=${line/*\/}
+            [ "$LOCALE" != "$ENCODING" ] || continue
+            chroot $MOUNTDIR localedef -i $LOCALEPREFIX -f $ENCODING $LOCALE
+            echo -n "$line "
+         done
+      fi
+   done
+   echo
+}
+
 function create_rpm_database() {
 # RPM database initialization
 #
@@ -69,9 +108,22 @@ function clean_rpm_database() {
 
 function erase_rpm_database() {
    echo "Erasing rpm database"
+   [ "$RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE" ] || rpm_occupacy_stats
    [ "$MOUNTDIR" != "" -a "$MOUNTDIR" != "/" ] && rm -rf $MOUNTDIR/var/lib/rpm
 }
 
+function rpm_occupacy_stats() {
+  RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE=`mktemp`
+  SIZE=0
+  rpm -r $MOUNTDIR -qa --queryformat "%{SIZE} %{NAME}\n" | sort -k1 -n -r > $RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE
+  while read line; do
+     set -- $line
+     SIZE=`expr $SIZE + $1`
+  done < $RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE
+#  echo "-------------------------" >> $RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE
+#  echo "$SIZE \tTotal size" >> $RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE
+}
+
 function set_rpm_dirs() {
 
    for r in ${RPMDIR[*]}; do
@@ -80,7 +132,7 @@ function set_rpm_dirs() {
 
    if [ "$arch_fallback" ]; then
       for r in ${RPMDIR[*]}; do
-         RPM_DIRS="${r}${arch_fallback}/ $RPM_DIRS"
+         RPM_DIRS="$RPM_DIRS ${r}${arch_fallback}/"
       done
    fi
 }
@@ -150,6 +202,7 @@ function get_rpm_version() {
    #find $NOARCHDIR -regex ".*/${1//+/\\+}-[^-]*-[^-]*" | sed "s|.*/${1//+/\\+}-\([^-]*\)-[^-]*|\1|"
 }
 
+
 # wget_grep()
 #
 # parameters:
@@ -182,8 +235,6 @@ function wget_grep() {
 #    $1 : kernel extraver
 function install_kernel() {
    # installing kernel image, modules and utilities
-   # note: it is safe and better to give --scripts and --nodeps
-   # because kernel doesn't have dependencies itself
    KERNEL_BASENAME="kernel"
 
    [ "$1" ] && {
@@ -193,14 +244,29 @@ function install_kernel() {
       done
    }
 
-   install_rpms_by_target "\
+   if [ "$KERNEL_NOPREPARATION" != "1" ]; then
+      install_rpms_by_target "\
+Installing and preparing dracut for kernel install..." \
+      "dracut module-init-tools"
+
+      for f in /usr/sbin/dracut /usr/sbin/mkinitrd /sbin/depmod; do
+         mv ${MOUNTDIR}${f} ${MOUNTDIR}${f}.preinst
+         ln -s /bin/true ${MOUNTDIR}${f}
+      done
+   fi
+
+   MAKE_RESOLVE_ADD="KERNEL_EXTRAVER=$1" install_rpms_by_target "\
 Installing kernel image (${KERNEL_VER}$1), modules and utilities..." \
       "$KERNEL_TARGET"
-#       \
-#      "--noscripts --nodeps"
+   MAKE_RESOLVE_ADD=
+
+   if [ "$KERNEL_NOPREPARATION" != "1" ]; then
+      for f in /usr/sbin/dracut /usr/sbin/mkinitrd /sbin/depmod; do
+         rm ${MOUNTDIR}${f}
+         mv ${MOUNTDIR}${f}.preinst ${MOUNTDIR}${f}
+      done
+   fi
 
-   # create /sys directory
-   mkdir -p $MOUNTDIR/sys
 }
 
 # update_modules_dependencies()
@@ -310,6 +376,8 @@ mv \$MOUNTDIR/sbin/install-info.preinst \$MOUNTDIR/sbin/install-info
 " >> ${LOCALSTATEDIR}/${BUILDSCRIPT_NAME}
    fi
 
+   [ "$RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE" ] || rpm_occupacy_stats
+
 }
 
 # install_rpms()
@@ -333,6 +401,8 @@ LANG=${LANGUAGE}_${COUNTRY}.UTF-8 $RPM --ignorearch -r \$MOUNTDIR -hiv $rpmextra
       echo "$makedist_me: fatal error, aborting installation" >&2
       echo "$makedist_me: exit code was: $retcode" >&2
       echo "$makedist_me: command was: LANG=${LANGUAGE}_${COUNTRY}.UTF-8 $RPM --ignorearch -r $MOUNTDIR -hiv $rpmextraargs $2 $TOINSTALL_RPMS" >&2
+      echo "$makedist_me: sleeping 600 seconds"
+      sleep 600
       { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 
    INSTALLED="$INSTALLED $1"
@@ -357,7 +427,7 @@ function resolve_pkg_deps() {
        { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 
    cmd="make --no-print-directory ARCH=$arch -C $GLOBALDIR CHROOTCMD=\"$CHROOTCMD\" \
-        LANGUAGE=$LANGUAGE INSTALLED=\"$1\" TARGET=$MAKEFILE_TARGET PLATFORM='$PLATFORM' -s $2"
+        LANGUAGE=$LANGUAGE INSTALLED=\"$1\" TARGET=$MAKEFILE_TARGET PLATFORM='$PLATFORM' $MAKE_RESOLVE_ADD -s $2"
    [ "$VERBOSE" ] && {
       echo
       echo "Executing command: $cmd" >&2
@@ -736,7 +806,13 @@ function write_installed_packages_info() {
 
    [ -e $OUTLISTFILE ] && rm -f $OUTLISTFILE
    echo "FILESIZE=\"$FILESIZE\"" > $OUTLISTFILE
-   echo "INSTALLED=\"$INSTALLED\"" > $OUTLISTFILE
+   echo "INSTALLED=\"$INSTALLED\"" >> $OUTLISTFILE
+   [ "$RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE" -a -e "$RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE" ] && {
+      echo "RPMOCCUPACY=\"" >> $OUTLISTFILE
+      cat $RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE >> $OUTLISTFILE
+      echo "\"" >> $OUTLISTFILE
+      rm $RPM_OCCUPACY_STATS_FILE
+   }
 
    if [ "$INSTALLED" ]; then
       cmd="make --no-print-directory ARCH=$arch -C $GLOBALDIR SOURCESMODE=1 -s $INSTALLED"
@@ -844,9 +920,15 @@ function medium_name() {
       archive|ARCHIVE|archive_bz2|ARCHIVE_BZ2)
          MEDIUM_NAME=$MEDIUM_NAME.$arch.tar.bz2
 	 ;;
+      archive_xz|ARCHIVE_XZ)
+         MEDIUM_NAME=$MEDIUM_NAME.$arch.tar.xz
+	 ;;
       cpio|CPIO)
          MEDIUM_NAME=$MEDIUM_NAME.$arch.cpio.gz
 	 ;;
+      cpio_xz|CPIO_XZ)
+         MEDIUM_NAME=$MEDIUM_NAME.$arch.cpio.xz
+	 ;;
       squash*|SQUASH*)
          MEDIUM_NAME=$MEDIUM_NAME.$arch.sqsh
          ;;
@@ -878,6 +960,7 @@ function medium_name() {
    echo $MEDIUM_NAME
 }
 
+
 # produce_media()
 #
 # $1: media name (default: detect using medium_name function)
@@ -888,22 +971,35 @@ function produce_media() {
 
    [ -e $MOUNTDIR/proc/version ] && umount $MOUNTDIR/proc
 
+   TARGETSIZE=`du -sh $MOUNTDIR | sed "s|[[:space:]].*||"`
+   echo "Uncompressed occupacy size is: ${TARGETSIZE}"
+
    case $MEDIA in
       archive_gz|ARCHIVE_GZ)
          echo "Producing rootfs compressed archive $MEDIUM_FILENAME..."
          (cd $MOUNTDIR
          tar czf $LOCALSTATEDIR/$MEDIUM_FILENAME *)
 	 ;;   
-      archive|ARCHIVE)
+      archive|ARCHIVE|archive_bz2|ARCHIVE_BZ2)
          echo "Producing rootfs compressed archive $MEDIUM_FILENAME..."
          (cd $MOUNTDIR
          tar cjf $LOCALSTATEDIR/$MEDIUM_FILENAME *)
 	 ;;
+      archive_xz|ARCHIVE_XZ)
+         echo "Producing rootfs compressed archive $MEDIUM_FILENAME..."
+         (cd $MOUNTDIR
+         tar cJf $LOCALSTATEDIR/$MEDIUM_FILENAME *)
+	 ;;   
       cpio|CPIO)
          echo "Producing rootfs compressed cpio image $MEDIUM_FILENAME..."
          (cd $MOUNTDIR
           find . -print | cpio -o -Hnewc | gzip -c > $LOCALSTATEDIR/$MEDIUM_FILENAME )
          ;;
+      cpio_xz|CPIO_XZ)
+         echo "Producing rootfs compressed cpio image $MEDIUM_FILENAME..."
+         (cd $MOUNTDIR
+          find . -print | cpio -o -Hnewc | xz -c > $LOCALSTATEDIR/$MEDIUM_FILENAME )
+         ;;
       squash|SQUASH)
          echo "Producing squashfs (default) compressed filesystem image $MEDIUM_FILENAME..."
          mksquashfs $MOUNTDIR $LOCALSTATEDIR/$MEDIUM_FILENAME -noappend
diff --git a/makedist/makedist.sh b/makedist/makedist.sh
index 65a22b2..cb31ede 100755
--- a/makedist/makedist.sh
+++ b/makedist/makedist.sh
@@ -134,17 +134,6 @@ CHROOTCMD="chroot $MOUNTDIR"
 # note: some non-SMP machines are unable to boot with a SMP kernel
 KERNEL_EXTRAVER=
 
-# set BUILDARCH
-BUILDARCH=`uname -m`
-
-case $BUILDARCH in
-   i386|i486|i586|i686|athlon) BUILDARCH=i586 ;;
-   arm*) BUILDARCH=arm ;;
-   *) echo "Error: build architecture $BUILDARCH is unknown; aborting."
-      exit 1
-      ;;
-esac
-
 #
 # load some target specific settings
 . $TARGETDIR/settings.inc
@@ -213,11 +202,19 @@ if [ ! "$KERNEL_IGNORE" ]; then
     { echo "$makedist_me: cannot get KERNEL_VER" >&2
        { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
    echo "Found Linux kernel version ${KERNEL_VER}${KERNEL_EXTRAVER}"
-   KERNEL_MAJVER=`echo $KERNEL_VER | cut -d. -f1-3`
+   if [ "${KERNEL_VER:0:1}" = "2" ]; then
+      # kernel major release = 2
+      KERNEL_MAJVER=`echo $KERNEL_VER | cut -d. -f1-3`
+   else
+      # kernel major release >= 3
+      KERNEL_MAJVER=`echo $KERNEL_VER | cut -d. -f1-2`
+   fi
    echo "
 KERNEL_PLATFORM=${KERNEL_PLATFORM}
 KERNEL_EXTRAVER=${KERNEL_EXTRAVER}" >> /var/makedist/.defs.inc
-
+   if [ "$KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER" ]; then
+      echo "KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER=${KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER}" >> /var/makedist/.defs.inc
+   fi
 else
    echo "Skipping kernel check"
 fi
@@ -324,6 +321,7 @@ mkdir -p $MOUNTDIR/dev
   mknod --mode=0600 initctl p
   mknod -m666 null c 1 3
   mknod -m600 console c 5 1
+  mknod -m444 urandom c 1 9
 )
 }