diff --git a/skel-root/armbox/hd51/etc/init.d/functions b/archive-imagefiles/scripts/init.functions
similarity index 83%
rename from skel-root/armbox/hd51/etc/init.d/functions
rename to archive-imagefiles/scripts/init.functions
index e5e3e3df..17aaa0d0 100644
--- a/skel-root/armbox/hd51/etc/init.d/functions
+++ b/archive-imagefiles/scripts/init.functions
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# functions that are used by init scripts...
+#
+# /etc/init.d/functions - global functions that are used by scripts
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 . /etc/init.d/globals
 
@@ -67,3 +70,8 @@ load_module()
 		insmod $module $params
 	fi
 }
+
+get_setting()
+{
+	test -e $NEUTRINO_CONF && grep "^${1}=" $NEUTRINO_CONF | cut -d'=' -f2
+}
diff --git a/skel-root/coolstream/hd2/etc/init.d/globals b/archive-imagefiles/scripts/init.globals
similarity index 81%
rename from skel-root/coolstream/hd2/etc/init.d/globals
rename to archive-imagefiles/scripts/init.globals
index 97b49f4d..75e9f484 100644
--- a/skel-root/coolstream/hd2/etc/init.d/globals
+++ b/archive-imagefiles/scripts/init.globals
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-# global variables and functions that are used by our scripts...
+#
+# /etc/init.d/globals - global variables and aliases that are used by scripts
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
 BASENAME=${0##*/}
+NEUTRINO_CONF="/var/tuxbox/config/neutrino.conf"
 
 alias LOGINFO='logger -p user.info -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
 alias LOGWARN='logger -p user.warn -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
@@ -12,10 +16,3 @@ alias SHOWINFO='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.info ${BASEN
 alias SHOWWARN='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.warn ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
 alias SHOWDEBUG='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.debug ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
 alias SHOWERROR='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.error ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-
-NEUTRINO_CONF="/var/tuxbox/config/neutrino.conf"
-
-get_setting()
-{
-	test -e $NEUTRINO_CONF && grep "^${1}=" $NEUTRINO_CONF | cut -d'=' -f2
-}
diff --git a/make/system-scripts.mk b/make/system-scripts.mk
index de88eedb..185404af 100644
--- a/make/system-scripts.mk
+++ b/make/system-scripts.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 init-scripts: \
+	init-helpers \
 	init-camd
 
+init-helpers:
+	install -m644 $(IMAGEFILES)/scripts/init.globals $(ETCINITD)/globals
+	install -m644 $(IMAGEFILES)/scripts/init.functions $(ETCINITD)/functions
+
 init-camd: $(ETCINITD)
 	install -m755 $(IMAGEFILES)/scripts/camd.init $(ETCINITD)/camd
 	install -m755 $(IMAGEFILES)/scripts/camd_datefix.init $(ETCINITD)/camd_datefix
diff --git a/skel-root/armbox/hd51/etc/init.d/globals b/skel-root/armbox/hd51/etc/init.d/globals
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b49f4d..00000000
--- a/skel-root/armbox/hd51/etc/init.d/globals
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# global variables and functions that are used by our scripts...
-
-HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
-BASENAME=${0##*/}
-
-alias LOGINFO='logger -p user.info -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-alias LOGWARN='logger -p user.warn -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-alias LOGDEBUG='logger -p user.debug -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-alias LOGERROR='logger -p user.error -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-
-alias SHOWINFO='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.info ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-alias SHOWWARN='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.warn ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-alias SHOWDEBUG='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.debug ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-alias SHOWERROR='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.error ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-
-NEUTRINO_CONF="/var/tuxbox/config/neutrino.conf"
-
-get_setting()
-{
-	test -e $NEUTRINO_CONF && grep "^${1}=" $NEUTRINO_CONF | cut -d'=' -f2
-}
diff --git a/skel-root/coolstream/hd1/etc/init.d/functions b/skel-root/coolstream/hd1/etc/init.d/functions
deleted file mode 100644
index 7abefa70..00000000
--- a/skel-root/coolstream/hd1/etc/init.d/functions
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# functions that are used by init scripts...
-
-. /etc/init.d/globals
-
-run_initscripts() {
-	if [ "x$1" == xstop ]; then
-		action="stop"
-		doing="stopping"
-		files="/etc/init.d/K[0-9][0-9]* /var/etc/init.d/K[0-9][0-9]*"
-	else
-		action="start"
-		doing="starting"
-		files="/etc/init.d/S[0-9][0-9]* /var/etc/init.d/S[0-9][0-9]*"
-	fi
-
-	names=$(for file in $files ; do echo ${file##*/} ; done | sort -u)
-
-	for name in $names; do
-		[ "${name:1}" = "[0-9][0-9]*" ] && continue
-		for file in /etc/init.d/$name /var/etc/init.d/$name; do
-			if [ -x "$file"  ]; then
-				LOGINFO "$doing $file ..."
-				"$file" $action
-				break;
-			fi
-		done
-	done
-}
diff --git a/skel-root/coolstream/hd1/etc/init.d/globals b/skel-root/coolstream/hd1/etc/init.d/globals
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b49f4d..00000000
--- a/skel-root/coolstream/hd1/etc/init.d/globals
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# global variables and functions that are used by our scripts...
-
-HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
-BASENAME=${0##*/}
-
-alias LOGINFO='logger -p user.info -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-alias LOGWARN='logger -p user.warn -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-alias LOGDEBUG='logger -p user.debug -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-alias LOGERROR='logger -p user.error -t ${BASENAME}[${$}]'
-
-alias SHOWINFO='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.info ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-alias SHOWWARN='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.warn ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-alias SHOWDEBUG='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.debug ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-alias SHOWERROR='echo $(date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S") ${HOSTNAME%%.*} user.error ${BASENAME}[${$}]:'
-
-NEUTRINO_CONF="/var/tuxbox/config/neutrino.conf"
-
-get_setting()
-{
-	test -e $NEUTRINO_CONF && grep "^${1}=" $NEUTRINO_CONF | cut -d'=' -f2
-}
diff --git a/skel-root/coolstream/hd2/etc/init.d/functions b/skel-root/coolstream/hd2/etc/init.d/functions
deleted file mode 100644
index e5e3e3df..00000000
--- a/skel-root/coolstream/hd2/etc/init.d/functions
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# functions that are used by init scripts...
-
-. /etc/init.d/globals
-
-run_initscripts() {
-	if [ "x$1" == xstop ]; then
-		action="stop"
-		doing="stopping"
-		files="/etc/init.d/K[0-9][0-9]* /var/etc/init.d/K[0-9][0-9]*"
-	else
-		action="start"
-		doing="starting"
-		files="/etc/init.d/S[0-9][0-9]* /var/etc/init.d/S[0-9][0-9]*"
-	fi
-
-	names=$(for file in $files ; do echo ${file##*/} ; done | sort -u)
-
-	for name in $names; do
-		[ "${name:1}" = "[0-9][0-9]*" ] && continue
-		for file in /etc/init.d/$name /var/etc/init.d/$name; do
-			if [ -x "$file"  ]; then
-				LOGINFO "$doing $file ..."
-				"$file" $action
-				break;
-			fi
-		done
-	done
-}
-
-create_node()
-{
-	device=$1
-
-	rm -f /dev/${device}
-	major=`awk "\\$2==\"$device\" {print \\$1}" /proc/devices`
-
-	if [ ${major} ]; then
-		LOGINFO "Creating device node $1"
-		mknod /dev/${device} c $major 0
-	fi
-}
-
-create_node_dir()
-{
-	device=$1
-
-	rm -rf /dev/${device}
-	mkdir -p /dev/${device}
-
-	major=`awk "\\$2==\"$device\" {print \\$1}" /proc/devices`
-
-	if [ ${major} ]; then
-		LOGINFO "Creating device node dir $1"
-		mknod /dev/${device}/0 c $major 0
-	fi
-}
-
-load_module()
-{
-	kernel=$(uname -r)
-	module=/lib/modules/${kernel}/$1
-	shift
-	params=$@
-
-	if [ -e $module ]; then
-		LOGINFO "Loading ${module##*/} "
-		insmod $module $params
-	fi
-}