diff --git a/etc/init/checkfs.conf b/etc/init/checkfs.conf
index fd1ce6b..84c1761 100644
--- a/etc/init/checkfs.conf
+++ b/etc/init/checkfs.conf
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ console output
 script
 	echo "running checkfs"
 	source /etc/init/functions
-	if [ -f /fastboot ]; then
-		echo "Fast boot, no file system check"
-	else
+	if [ ! -f /fastboot ]; then
 		/bin/mount -n -o remount,ro /
 		status_message "change / to ro ..."
 		if [ $? = 0 ]; then
diff --git a/etc/init/maccfg.conf b/etc/init/maccfg.conf
index e67aa03..74e6122 100644
--- a/etc/init/maccfg.conf
+++ b/etc/init/maccfg.conf
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ console output
 
 script
 	if ls /etc/mactab* &>/dev/null; then
-		echo "Setting up mac adresses"
 		for maccfg in /etc/mactab*; do
 			nameif -c $maccfg >/dev/null
 		done
+		status_message "Setup of mac adresses"
 	fi
 end script
diff --git a/etc/init/mountfs.conf b/etc/init/mountfs.conf
index cd57cbd..cde7333 100644
--- a/etc/init/mountfs.conf
+++ b/etc/init/mountfs.conf
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ start on stopped checkfs
 console output
 script
 	source /etc/init/functions
-	echo -n "Remounting rootfs in rw mode..."
 	/bin/mount -n -o remount,rw /
-	evaluate_retval
+	status_message "Remount of / to rw"
 	echo >/etc/mtab
 	/bin/mount -f -o remount,rw /
 	/bin/rm -f /fastboot /forcefsck
-	echo -n "Activating swap..."
 	/sbin/swapon -a
-	evaluate_retval
+	status_message "Swap Aktivated"
 	for i in `sed -e "/^#/d" /etc/fstab|awk '{print $2}'`; do
         	MOUNTPOINT=$i
         	FILESYSTEM=`awk '{if( $2 == "'$MOUNTPOINT'") print $3}' /etc/fstab`
@@ -26,11 +24,11 @@ script
            	&& [ ! "$MOUNTPOINT" == "/" ] \
            	&& [ ! "$DEVICE" == "none" ]; then
 			if [ -d $MOUNTPOINT ]; then
-                		echo -n "Mounting $MOUNTPOINT"
                 		mount $MOUNTPOINT
-                		evaluate_retval
+				status_message "Mount of $MOUNTPOINT"
 			else
-				echo "Mountpoint $MOUNTPOINT not existing!"
+				echo -n "Mountpoint $MOUNTPOINT not existing!"
+				evaluate_retval
 			fi
         	fi
 	done
diff --git a/etc/init/syslogd.conf b/etc/init/syslogd.conf
index dd21a0c..28485cb 100644
--- a/etc/init/syslogd.conf
+++ b/etc/init/syslogd.conf
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ emits		none special
 start on ( runlevel [12345] and (stopped routing))
 stop on (runlevel [S06] and stopping udev)
 
-console output
-pre-start script
-	echo "Starting syslog"
-end script
+console null
 
-exec /usr/sbin/syslogd -n -m 0
 respawn
+exec /usr/sbin/syslogd -n -m 0
diff --git a/etc/init/tty6.conf b/etc/init/tty6.conf
index c46d546..87261cd 100644
--- a/etc/init/tty6.conf
+++ b/etc/init/tty6.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version		1.0
 emits		none special
 
 start on ( runlevel [2345] and (started udev))
-#stop on ( runlevel [S016] and (stopping udev))
+stop on ( runlevel [S016] and (stopping udev))
 
 respawn
 exec /sbin/agetty /dev/tty6 9600
diff --git a/etc/init/udev.conf b/etc/init/udev.conf
index 3d40c0b..2afef18 100644
--- a/etc/init/udev.conf
+++ b/etc/init/udev.conf
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ pre-start script
 		cp --preserve=all --recursive --remove-destination /lib/udev/devices/* /dev
 		status_message "udev: Static entries copied..."
 	fi
-	/bin/mkdir /dev/shm
+	/bin/mkdir -p /dev/shm
+	/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
 	/bin/mount -n -t tmpfs -o mode=1755 none /dev/shm
-	status_message "udev: generation of /dev/shm done"
 	/bin/mknod /dev/null c 1 3
 	/bin/chmod 666 /dev/null
 	/bin/mknod /dev/console c 5 1
-	status_message "udev: permissions on /dev/shm corrected..."
-	echo "udev:pre-start end with rc $?" 
+	status_message "udev prestart ready"
 end script
 
 respawn
diff --git a/etc/init/umountfs.conf b/etc/init/umountfs.conf
index 87c41f0..33458c7 100644
--- a/etc/init/umountfs.conf
+++ b/etc/init/umountfs.conf
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ console none
 script
   source /etc/init/functions
 
-  echo -n "Deactivating swap..."
   /sbin/swapoff -a
-  evaluate_retval
+  status_message "swap deaktivated..."
 
-  echo -n "Unmounting file systems..."
   /bin/umount -a -r
-  evaluate_retval
+  status_message "All File Systems umounted..."
 end script