diff --git a/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile b/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile
index 3c2e1759b..c1bfd65c5 100644
--- a/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ RAMDISK_DEFINES= \
 PROTO=	proto
 
 # Common to all architectures
-ETC=		system.conf master.passwd
+ETC=		system.conf master.passwd group
 EXTRA=		rc
-PROTO_FILES=	proto.common.etc proto.common.dynamic proto.dev
+PROTO_FILES=	proto.common.etc proto.common.dynamic
 PROG_DRIVERS=
 PROG_COMMANDS=	mount umount grep fsck.mfs sh service loadramdisk sysenv
 PROG_SERVERS=	mfs procfs
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ CPPFLAGS+= -I${NETBSDSRCDIR}/servers
 
 # LSC We have to take care of not erasing the source file, so never add EXTRA
 # to CLEANFILES
-CLEANFILES += ${PROGRAMS} ${SCRIPTS} ${ETC} image image.c t proto.gen
-CLEANFILES += ${LIBRARIES}
+CLEANFILES += ${PROGRAMS} ${SCRIPTS} ${ETC} image image.c t
+CLEANFILES += proto.gen proto.dev proto.dev.mtree
 CLEANFILES += ${PROG_LIBEXEC}
 CLEANFILES += ${.OBJDIR}/etc/*
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ CLEANFILES += ${.OBJDIR}/etc/*
 TOOL_PWD_MKDB?= ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb
 
 # Remove "drivers/ramdisk" component from path
-PROGROOT:= ${.OBJDIR:S,drivers/ramdisk,,}
+PROGROOT:= ${.OBJDIR:S,/drivers/ramdisk,,}
 
 # Generate dependencies rules for config files
 .for etc in ${ETC}
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ ${PROGROOT}/${srcdir}/${dir.${prog}:U${prog}}/${prog}:
 .endfor # prog
 .endfor # srcdir
 
-image:	proto.gen ${ETC} ${EXTRA} pwd.db spwd.db passwd
+realall image:	proto.gen ${ETC} ${EXTRA} pwd.db spwd.db passwd group
 	${_MKMSG_CREATE} "Generating ramdisk image"
 	${TOOL_MKFSMFS} image proto.gen || { rm -f image; false; }
 #	if fsck.mfs -s image | grep -q CLEAN;	\
@@ -160,12 +160,29 @@ etc/master.passwd: ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc/master.passwd
 pwd.db spwd.db passwd: etc/master.passwd
 	${INSTALL} etc/${@F} ${@F}
 
-proto.gen: ${PROTO} ${PROTO_FILES} ${PROGRAMS}
+proto.dev.mtree:
+	@echo ". type=dir uname=root gname=operator mode=0755" \
+		>${.TARGET}.tmp && \
+	echo "./dev type=dir uname=root gname=operator mode=0755" \
+		>>${.TARGET}.tmp && \
+	${NETBSDSRCDIR}/commands/MAKEDEV/MAKEDEV.sh -m -r \
+		>> ${.TARGET}.tmp && mv ${.TARGET}.tmp ${.TARGET}
+
+# We have to remove the two first entries of the generated proto file, as
+# well as the two last ones (closing $).
+# Do not forget to double $ so that make doesn't try to expand it.
+proto.dev: proto.dev.mtree pwd.db spwd.db passwd group
+	${TOOL_MTREE} -f ${.TARGET}.mtree -N ${.OBJDIR} -C -K device | \
+		${TOOL_TOPROTO} | ${TOOL_SED} -e '1,4d' | \
+		${TOOL_SED} -e '$$d' |${TOOL_SED} -e '$$d' > ${.TARGET}.tmp && \
+		mv ${.TARGET}.tmp ${.TARGET}
+
+proto.gen: ${PROTO} ${PROTO_FILES} proto.dev ${PROGRAMS}
 	${STRIP} ${PROGRAMS}
 	# We are using the c preprocessor to generate proto.gen
 	# used in the mkfs tool.
 	${TOOL_CAT} ${PROTO} | ${CC} \
 	    	${RAMDISK_DEFINES} \
-		-E - | grep -v "^$$" | grep -v "#" >${.OBJDIR}/${.TARGET}
+		-E - | grep -v "^$$" | grep -v "#" >${.TARGET}
 
 .include <minix.service.mk>
diff --git a/drivers/ramdisk/proto.dev b/drivers/ramdisk/proto.dev
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e86959a5..000000000
--- a/drivers/ramdisk/proto.dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,455 +0,0 @@
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-	ip	c--600 0 0 7 2
-	ip0	c--600 0 0 7 2
-	kbd	c--660 0 0 4 127
-	kbdaux	c--660 0 0 4 126
-	klog	c--600 0 0 15 0
-	kmem	c--640 0 8 1 2
-	log	c--222 0 0 4 15
-	lp	c--200 1 1 6 0
-	mem	c--640 0 8 1 1
-	mouse	s--777 0 0	/dev/kbdaux
-	null	c--666 0 8 1 3
-	ptyp0	c--666 0 4 4 192
-	ptyp1	c--666 0 4 4 193
-	ptyp2	c--666 0 4 4 194
-	ptyp3	c--666 0 4 4 195
-	ptyp4	c--666 0 4 4 196
-	ptyp5	c--666 0 4 4 197
-	ptyp6	c--666 0 4 4 198
-	ptyp7	c--666 0 4 4 199
-	ptyp8	c--666 0 4 4 200
-	ptyp9	c--666 0 4 4 201
-	ptypa	c--666 0 4 4 202
-	ptypb	c--666 0 4 4 203
-	ptypc	c--666 0 4 4 204
-	ptypd	c--666 0 4 4 205
-	ptype	c--666 0 4 4 206
-	ptypf	c--666 0 4 4 207
-	ptyq0	c--666 0 4 4 208
-	ptyq1	c--666 0 4 4 209
-	ptyq2	c--666 0 4 4 210
-	ptyq3	c--666 0 4 4 211
-	ptyq4	c--666 0 4 4 212
-	ptyq5	c--666 0 4 4 213
-	ptyq6	c--666 0 4 4 214
-	ptyq7	c--666 0 4 4 215
-	ptyq8	c--666 0 4 4 216
-	ptyq9	c--666 0 4 4 217
-	ptyqa	c--666 0 4 4 218
-	ptyqb	c--666 0 4 4 219
-	ptyqc	c--666 0 4 4 220
-	ptyqd	c--666 0 4 4 221
-	ptyqe	c--666 0 4 4 222
-	ptyqf	c--666 0 4 4 223
-	ram	b--600 0 8 1 0
-	ram0	b--600 0 8 1 7
-	ram1	b--600 0 8 1 8
-	ram2	b--600 0 8 1 9
-	ram3	b--600 0 8 1 10
-	ram4	b--600 0 8 1 11
-	ram5	b--600 0 8 1 12
-	random	c--644 0 0 16 0
-	tcp	c--666 0 0 7 3
-	tcp0	c--666 0 0 7 3
-	tty	c--666 0 0 5 0
-	tty00	c--666 0 4 4 16
-	tty01	c--666 0 4 4 17
-	tty02	c--666 0 4 4 18
-	tty03	c--666 0 4 4 19
-	ttyc1	c--600 0 0 4 1
-	ttyc2	c--600 0 0 4 2
-	ttyc3	c--600 0 0 4 3
-	ttyp0	c--620 0 4 4 128
-	ttyp1	c--666 0 4 4 129
-	ttyp2	c--666 0 4 4 130
-	ttyp3	c--666 0 4 4 131
-	ttyp4	c--666 0 4 4 132
-	ttyp5	c--666 0 4 4 133
-	ttyp6	c--666 0 4 4 134
-	ttyp7	c--666 0 4 4 135
-	ttyp8	c--666 0 4 4 136
-	ttyp9	c--666 0 4 4 137
-	ttypa	c--666 0 4 4 138
-	ttypb	c--666 0 4 4 139
-	ttypc	c--666 0 4 4 140
-	ttypd	c--666 0 4 4 141
-	ttype	c--666 0 4 4 142
-	ttypf	c--666 0 4 4 143
-	ttyq0	c--666 0 4 4 144
-	ttyq1	c--666 0 4 4 145
-	ttyq2	c--666 0 4 4 146
-	ttyq3	c--666 0 4 4 147
-	ttyq4	c--666 0 4 4 148
-	ttyq5	c--666 0 4 4 149
-	ttyq6	c--666 0 4 4 150
-	ttyq7	c--666 0 4 4 151
-	ttyq8	c--666 0 4 4 152
-	ttyq9	c--666 0 4 4 153
-	ttyqa	c--666 0 4 4 154
-	ttyqb	c--666 0 4 4 155
-	ttyqc	c--666 0 4 4 156
-	ttyqd	c--666 0 4 4 157
-	ttyqe	c--666 0 4 4 158
-	ttyqf	c--666 0 4 4 159
-	udp	c--666 0 0 7 4
-	udp0	c--666 0 0 7 4
-	uds	c--666 0 0 18 0
-	urandom	c--644 0 0 16 0
-	video	c--600 0 0 4 125
-	zero	c--644 0 8 1 5
-	ipstat	c--666 0 0 7 0
diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index fc5f8a7fc..b1dac1a4f 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -194,9 +194,11 @@ MAKEDEV: ${.CURDIR}/MAKEDEV.awk ${.CURDIR}/MAKEDEV.tmpl \
 	    ${TOOL_AWK} -f ${.CURDIR}/MAKEDEV.awk ${.CURDIR}/MAKEDEV.tmpl \
 	    > ${.TARGET}
 .else
-MAKEDEV:
+MAKEDEV: .PHONY
 	if [ ${MKUNPRIVED} != "yes" ]; then \
-		cd ${DESTDIR}/dev && sh ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/commands/MAKEDEV/MAKEDEV.sh -s  2>/dev/null ;\
+		cd ${DESTDIR}/dev && sh ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/commands/MAKEDEV/MAKEDEV.sh -s; \
+	else \
+		sh ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/commands/MAKEDEV/MAKEDEV.sh -m -s >> ${DESTDIR}/METALOG; \
 	fi
 .endif # !defined(__MINIX)
 
diff --git a/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh b/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh
index cc74873dc..58f37faf0 100755
--- a/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh
+++ b/releasetools/arm_sdimage.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-#set -x
 
 #
 # Source settings if present
@@ -128,15 +127,19 @@ dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG_DIR}/usr.img bs=512 count=1 seek=$(($USR_SIZE -1)) 2>/d
 #
 dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG} bs=512 count=1 seek=$(($IMG_SIZE -1))
 
+#
 # Do some math to determine the start addresses of the partitions.
 # Don't leave holes so the 'partition' invocation later is easy.
+#
 FAT_START=2048
 ROOT_START=$(($FAT_START + $FAT_SIZE))
 HOME_START=$(($ROOT_START + $ROOT_SIZE))
 USR_START=$(($HOME_START + $HOME_SIZE))
 
+#
 # Write the partition table using the natively compiled
 # minix partition utility
+#
 ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbpartition -m ${IMG} ${FAT_START} "c:${FAT_SIZE}*" 81:${ROOT_SIZE} 81:${HOME_SIZE} 81:${USR_SIZE}
 
 #
@@ -197,8 +200,8 @@ done
 # make the different file system. this part is *also* hacky. We first convert
 # the METALOG.sanitised using mtree into a input METALOG containing uids and
 # gids.
-# Afther that we do some magic processing to add device nodes (also missing from METALOG)
-# and convert the METALOG into a proto file that can be used by mkfs.mfs
+# Afther that we do some processing to convert the METALOG into a proto file
+# that can be used by mkfs.mfs
 #
 echo "creating the file systems"
 
@@ -206,24 +209,13 @@ echo "creating the file systems"
 # read METALOG and use mtree to conver the user and group names into uid and gids
 # FIX put "input somwhere clean"
 #
-cat ${DESTDIR}/METALOG.sanitised | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbmtree -N ${DESTDIR}/etc -C > ${IMG_DIR}/input
+cat ${DESTDIR}/METALOG.sanitised | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbmtree -N ${DESTDIR}/etc -C -K device > ${IMG_DIR}/input
 
 # add fstab
 echo "./etc/fstab type=file uid=0 gid=0 mode=0755 size=747 time=1365060731.000000000" >> ${IMG_DIR}/input
 
 # fill root.img (skipping /usr entries while keeping the /usr directory)
-cat ${IMG_DIR}/input  | grep -v "^./usr/" | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbtoproto -b ${DESTDIR} -o ${IMG_DIR}/root.in
-
-#
-# add device nodes somewhere in the middle of the proto file. Better would be to add the entries in the
-# original METALOG
-# grab the first part
-grep -B 10000 "^ dev"  ${IMG_DIR}/root.in >  ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
-# add the device nodes from the ramdisk
-cat  ${OBJ}/drivers/ramdisk/proto.dev >> ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
-# and add the rest of the file
-grep -A 10000 "^ dev"  ${IMG_DIR}/root.in | tail -n +2    >>  ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
-rm ${IMG_DIR}/root.in
+cat ${IMG_DIR}/input  | grep -v "^./usr/" | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbtoproto -b ${DESTDIR} -o ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
 
 #
 # Create proto files for /usr and /home using toproto.
@@ -234,6 +226,7 @@ cat ${IMG_DIR}/input  | grep  "^\./home/\|^. "  | sed "s,\./home,\.,g" | ${CROSS
 #
 # Generate /root, /usr and /home partition images.
 #
+echo "Writing Minix filesystem images"
 echo " - ROOT"
 ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbmkfs.mfs -b $((${ROOT_SIZE} / 8)) ${IMG_DIR}/root.img ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
 echo " - USR"
diff --git a/releasetools/x86_hdimage.sh b/releasetools/x86_hdimage.sh
index 1f4bd14bf..5acfd3f3a 100755
--- a/releasetools/x86_hdimage.sh
+++ b/releasetools/x86_hdimage.sh
@@ -42,12 +42,10 @@ sh ${BUILDSH} -V SLOPPY_FLIST=yes -V MKBINUTILS=yes -V MKGCCCMDS=yes -j ${JOBS}
 # All sized are written in 512 byte blocks
 #
 # we create a disk image of about 2 gig's
-# for alignement reasons, prefer sizes which are multiples of 4096 bytes
-#
-: ${IMG_SIZE=$((   2*(2**30) / 512))}
-: ${ROOT_SIZE=$((  64*(2**20) / 512))}
-: ${HOME_SIZE=$(( 128*(2**20) / 512))}
-: ${USR_SIZE=$((1536*(2**20) / 512))}
+: ${IMG_SIZE=$((     2*(2**30) / 512))}
+: ${ROOT_SIZE=$((   64*(2**20) / 512))}
+: ${HOME_SIZE=$((  128*(2**20) / 512))}
+: ${USR_SIZE=$((  1536*(2**20) / 512))}
 
 #
 # create a fstab entry in /etc this is normally done during the
@@ -70,28 +68,31 @@ dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG_DIR}/root.img bs=512 count=1 seek=$(($ROOT_SIZE -1)) 2>
 dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG_DIR}/home.img bs=512 count=1 seek=$(($HOME_SIZE -1)) 2>/dev/null
 dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG_DIR}/usr.img bs=512 count=1 seek=$(($USR_SIZE -1)) 2>/dev/null
 
+#
 # Create the empty image where we later will but the partitions in
+#
 dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG} bs=512 count=1 seek=$(($IMG_SIZE -1))
 
 #
 # Do some math to determine the start addresses of the partitions.
-# Ensure the start of the partitions are always aligned, the end will 
-# always be as we assume the sizes are multiples of 4096 bytes, which
-# is always true as soon as you have an integer multiple of 1MB.
+# Don't leave holes so the 'partition' invocation later is easy.
 #
 ROOT_START=8
 HOME_START=$(($ROOT_START + $ROOT_SIZE))
 USR_START=$(($HOME_START + $HOME_SIZE))
 
-set -x
+#
+# Write the partition table using the natively compiled
+# minix partition utility
+#
 ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbpartition -m ${IMG} ${ROOT_START} 81:${ROOT_SIZE} 81:${HOME_SIZE} 81:${USR_SIZE}
-set +x
 
+#
 # make the different file system. this part is *also* hacky. We first convert
 # the METALOG.sanitised using mtree into a input METALOG containing uids and
 # gids.
-# Afther that we do some magic processing to add device nodes (also missing from METALOG)
-# and convert the METALOG into a proto file that can be used by mkfs.mfs
+# Afther that we do some processing to convert the METALOG into a proto file
+# that can be used by mkfs.mfs
 #
 echo "creating the file systems"
 
@@ -99,24 +100,13 @@ echo "creating the file systems"
 # read METALOG and use mtree to conver the user and group names into uid and gids
 # FIX put "input somwhere clean"
 #
-cat ${DESTDIR}/METALOG.sanitised | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbmtree -N ${DESTDIR}/etc -C > ${IMG_DIR}/input
+cat ${DESTDIR}/METALOG.sanitised | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbmtree -N ${DESTDIR}/etc -C -K device > ${IMG_DIR}/input
 
 # add fstab
 echo "./etc/fstab type=file uid=0 gid=0 mode=0755 size=747 time=1365060731.000000000" >> ${IMG_DIR}/input
 
 # fill root.img (skipping /usr entries while keeping the /usr directory)
-cat ${IMG_DIR}/input  | grep -v "^./usr/" | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbtoproto -b ${DESTDIR} -o ${IMG_DIR}/root.in
-
-#
-# add device nodes somewhere in the middle of the proto file. Better would be to add the entries in the
-# original METALOG
-# grab the first part
-grep -B 10000 "^ dev"  ${IMG_DIR}/root.in >  ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
-# add the device nodes from the ramdisk
-cat  ${OBJ}/drivers/ramdisk/proto.dev >> ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
-# and add the rest of the file
-grep -A 10000 "^ dev"  ${IMG_DIR}/root.in | tail -n +2    >>  ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
-rm ${IMG_DIR}/root.in
+cat ${IMG_DIR}/input  | grep -v "^./usr/" | ${CROSS_TOOLS}/nbtoproto -b ${DESTDIR} -o ${IMG_DIR}/root.proto
 
 #
 # Create proto files for /usr and /home using toproto.
diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 5bdb81b27..8680d10c2 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ TOOL_STRFILE=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}strfile
 TOOL_SUNLABEL=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}sunlabel
 TOOL_TBL=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}tbl
 TOOL_TIC=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}tic
+TOOL_TOPROTO=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}toproto
 TOOL_UUDECODE=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}uudecode
 TOOL_VGRIND=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}vgrind -f
 TOOL_ZIC=		${TOOLDIR}/bin/${_TOOL_PREFIX}zic
@@ -540,6 +541,7 @@ TOOL_STRFILE=		strfile
 TOOL_SUNLABEL=		sunlabel
 TOOL_TBL=		tbl
 TOOL_TIC=		tic
+TOOL_TOPROTO=		toproto
 TOOL_UUDECODE=		uudecode
 TOOL_VGRIND=		vgrind -f
 TOOL_ZIC=		zic