diff --git a/etc/init/halt.conf b/etc/init/halt.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..595c76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/halt.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+description	"halt system to poweroff"
+author		"Harald Kueller <harald.kueller@compuextreme.de>"
+version		1.0
+emits		none special
+
+start on ( runlevel [0] and ( stopped udev ))
+
+console output
+script
+	echo "System reboot in progress..."
+	/sbin/halt -f -p
+end script
diff --git a/etc/init/ifdown.conf b/etc/init/ifdown.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7c73eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/ifdown.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+description	"Shutdown all network interfaces without Loopback"
+author		"Harald Kueller <harald.kueller@compuextreme.de>"
+version		1.0
+emits		none special
+
+start on stopping udev
+
+console output
+
+script
+	echo "Stopping network"
+	for IF in `ls -d /sys/class/net/*[^lo]`; do
+		DEVNAME=`basename $IF`
+		/sbin/if_down $DEVNAME
+	done
+end script
diff --git a/etc/init/reboot.conf b/etc/init/reboot.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99c3262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/reboot.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+description	"Force a reboot after all daemons are down"
+author		"Harald Kueller <harald.kueller@compuextreme.de>"
+version		1.0
+emits		none special
+
+start on ( runlevel [6] and ( stopped udev ))
+
+script
+	echo "System reboot in progress..."
+	/sbin/reboot -f 
+end script
diff --git a/etc/init/sendsignals.conf b/etc/init/sendsignals.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ca55b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/sendsignals.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+description	"Send all remaining prozesses the kill signal"
+author		"Harald Kueller <harald.kueller@compuextreme.de>"
+version		1.0
+emits		none special
+
+start on stopped udev
+
+script
+	echo -n "sending all remaining processes the TERM signal"
+	killall -15
+	sleep 3
+	killall -9
+end script
diff --git a/etc/init/umountfs.conf b/etc/init/umountfs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87c41f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/umountfs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+description	"Umount all Filesystems, and turn off swap"
+author		"Harald Kueller <harald.kueller@compuextreme.de>"
+version		1.0
+emits		none special
+
+stop on (runlevel[06] and (stopped udev))
+
+stop on runlevel 6
+stop on runlevel 0
+
+console none
+script
+  source /etc/init/functions
+
+  echo -n "Deactivating swap..."
+  /sbin/swapoff -a
+  evaluate_retval
+
+  echo -n "Unmounting file systems..."
+  /bin/umount -a -r
+  evaluate_retval
+end script
diff --git a/etc/init/umountnfs.conf b/etc/init/umountnfs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87763f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/umountnfs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+description	"Mounting NFS Filesystems"
+author		"Harald Kueller <harald.kueller@compuextreme.de>"
+version		1.0
+emits		none special
+
+start on stopping nfsclient
+
+console output
+
+script
+  source /etc/init/functions
+  for i in `sed -e "/^#/d" /etc/fstab|awk '{print $2}'`; do
+    MOUNTPOINT=$i
+    FILESYSTEM=`awk '{if( $2 == "'$MOUNTPOINT'") print $3}' /etc/fstab`
+    if [ "$FILESYSTEM" == "nfs" ]; then
+      umount $MOUNTPOINT
+      status_message "umount NFS Filesystem from $MOUNTPOINT"
+    fi
+  done
+end script
diff --git a/etc/init/unloadmodules.conf b/etc/init/unloadmodules.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9b883d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/init/unloadmodules.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+description	"Unload all Kernel Modules"
+author		"Harald Kueller <harald.kueller@compuextreme.de>"
+version		1.0
+emits		none special
+
+start on stopping udev
+
+script
+    if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/loadmods ]; then
+      Z=0
+      while [ "$Z" "<" "9" ]; do
+        exec 3</proc/modules
+	while read <&3 MODNAME INFO; do
+		if rmmod -s $MODNAME &>/dev/null; then
+			print_status success
+		else
+			if [ "$Z" == "8" ]; then
+				print_status failure
+			else
+				echo "failed"
+			fi
+		fi
+	done
+	(( Z = $Z + 1 ))
+	exec 3>&-
+     done
+   fi
+end script