+# premature mount /proc since we need some rw operations
+echo -e -n " ${BOLD}${BLUE}*${NORM} Mounting "
+echo -e -n "${BOLD}${GREEN}/proc${NORM}"
+mount -t proc proc /proc
+
+if grep -q "debug" /proc/cmdline
+then
+ DEBUG=1
+fi
+
+# dont show kernel printk messages
+PRINTK="`cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk`"
+if [ -z $DEBUG ]
+then
+ echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
+fi
+
+echo -e ", ${BOLD}${GREEN}/sys${NORM}."
+mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
+