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diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/imager/baseimager.py b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/baseimager.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Red Hat  Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+from __future__ import with_statement
+import os, sys
+import stat
+import tempfile
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import re
+import tarfile
+import glob
+
+import rpm
+
+from mic import kickstart
+from mic import msger
+from mic.utils.errors import CreatorError, Abort
+from mic.utils import misc, grabber, runner, fs_related as fs
+
+class BaseImageCreator(object):
+    """Installs a system to a chroot directory.
+
+    ImageCreator is the simplest creator class available; it will install and
+    configure a system image according to the supplied kickstart file.
+
+    e.g.
+
+      import mic.imgcreate as imgcreate
+      ks = imgcreate.read_kickstart("foo.ks")
+      imgcreate.ImageCreator(ks, "foo").create()
+
+    """
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.cleanup()
+
+    def __init__(self, createopts = None, pkgmgr = None):
+        """Initialize an ImageCreator instance.
+
+        ks -- a pykickstart.KickstartParser instance; this instance will be
+              used to drive the install by e.g. providing the list of packages
+              to be installed, the system configuration and %post scripts
+
+        name -- a name for the image; used for e.g. image filenames or
+                filesystem labels
+        """
+
+        self.pkgmgr = pkgmgr
+
+        self.__builddir = None
+        self.__bindmounts = []
+
+        self.ks = None
+        self.name = "target"
+        self.tmpdir = "/var/tmp/wic"
+        self.cachedir = "/var/tmp/wic/cache"
+        self.workdir = "/var/tmp/wic/build"
+
+        self.destdir = "."
+        self.installerfw_prefix = "INSTALLERFW_"
+        self.target_arch = "noarch"
+        self._local_pkgs_path = None
+        self.pack_to = None
+        self.repourl = {}
+
+        # If the kernel is save to the destdir when copy_kernel cmd is called.
+        self._need_copy_kernel = False
+        # setup tmpfs tmpdir when enabletmpfs is True
+        self.enabletmpfs = False
+
+        if createopts:
+            # Mapping table for variables that have different names.
+            optmap = {"pkgmgr" : "pkgmgr_name",
+                      "outdir" : "destdir",
+                      "arch" : "target_arch",
+                      "local_pkgs_path" : "_local_pkgs_path",
+                      "copy_kernel" : "_need_copy_kernel",
+                     }
+
+            # update setting from createopts
+            for key in createopts.keys():
+                if key in optmap:
+                    option = optmap[key]
+                else:
+                    option = key
+                setattr(self, option, createopts[key])
+
+            self.destdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(self.destdir))
+
+            if 'release' in createopts and createopts['release']:
+                self.name = createopts['release'] + '_' + self.name
+
+            if self.pack_to:
+                if '@NAME@' in self.pack_to:
+                    self.pack_to = self.pack_to.replace('@NAME@', self.name)
+                (tar, ext) = os.path.splitext(self.pack_to)
+                if ext in (".gz", ".bz2") and tar.endswith(".tar"):
+                    ext = ".tar" + ext
+                if ext not in misc.pack_formats:
+                    self.pack_to += ".tar"
+
+        self._dep_checks = ["ls", "bash", "cp", "echo", "modprobe"]
+
+        # Output image file names
+        self.outimage = []
+
+        # A flag to generate checksum
+        self._genchecksum = False
+
+        self._alt_initrd_name = None
+
+        self._recording_pkgs = []
+
+        # available size in root fs, init to 0
+        self._root_fs_avail = 0
+
+        # Name of the disk image file that is created.
+        self._img_name = None
+
+        self.image_format = None
+
+        # Save qemu emulator file name in order to clean up it finally
+        self.qemu_emulator = None
+
+        # No ks provided when called by convertor, so skip the dependency check
+        if self.ks:
+            # If we have btrfs partition we need to check necessary tools
+            for part in self.ks.handler.partition.partitions:
+                if part.fstype and part.fstype == "btrfs":
+                    self._dep_checks.append("mkfs.btrfs")
+                    break
+
+        if self.target_arch and self.target_arch.startswith("arm"):
+            for dep in self._dep_checks:
+                if dep == "extlinux":
+                    self._dep_checks.remove(dep)
+
+            if not os.path.exists("/usr/bin/qemu-arm") or \
+               not misc.is_statically_linked("/usr/bin/qemu-arm"):
+                self._dep_checks.append("qemu-arm-static")
+
+            if os.path.exists("/proc/sys/vm/vdso_enabled"):
+                vdso_fh = open("/proc/sys/vm/vdso_enabled","r")
+                vdso_value = vdso_fh.read().strip()
+                vdso_fh.close()
+                if (int)(vdso_value) == 1:
+                    msger.warning("vdso is enabled on your host, which might "
+                        "cause problems with arm emulations.\n"
+                        "\tYou can disable vdso with following command before "
+                        "starting image build:\n"
+                        "\techo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/vdso_enabled")
+
+        # make sure the specified tmpdir and cachedir exist
+        if not os.path.exists(self.tmpdir):
+            os.makedirs(self.tmpdir)
+        if not os.path.exists(self.cachedir):
+            os.makedirs(self.cachedir)
+
+
+    #
+    # Properties
+    #
+    def __get_instroot(self):
+        if self.__builddir is None:
+            raise CreatorError("_instroot is not valid before calling mount()")
+        return self.__builddir + "/install_root"
+    _instroot = property(__get_instroot)
+    """The location of the install root directory.
+
+    This is the directory into which the system is installed. Subclasses may
+    mount a filesystem image here or copy files to/from here.
+
+    Note, this directory does not exist before ImageCreator.mount() is called.
+
+    Note also, this is a read-only attribute.
+
+    """
+
+    def __get_outdir(self):
+        if self.__builddir is None:
+            raise CreatorError("_outdir is not valid before calling mount()")
+        return self.__builddir + "/out"
+    _outdir = property(__get_outdir)
+    """The staging location for the final image.
+
+    This is where subclasses should stage any files that are part of the final
+    image. ImageCreator.package() will copy any files found here into the
+    requested destination directory.
+
+    Note, this directory does not exist before ImageCreator.mount() is called.
+
+    Note also, this is a read-only attribute.
+
+    """
+
+
+    #
+    # Hooks for subclasses
+    #
+    def _mount_instroot(self, base_on = None):
+        """Mount or prepare the install root directory.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may prepare the install root by e.g.
+        mounting creating and loopback mounting a filesystem image to
+        _instroot.
+
+        There is no default implementation.
+
+        base_on -- this is the value passed to mount() and can be interpreted
+                   as the subclass wishes; it might e.g. be the location of
+                   a previously created ISO containing a system image.
+
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def _unmount_instroot(self):
+        """Undo anything performed in _mount_instroot().
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses must undo anything which was done
+        in _mount_instroot(). For example, if a filesystem image was mounted
+        onto _instroot, it should be unmounted here.
+
+        There is no default implementation.
+
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def _create_bootconfig(self):
+        """Configure the image so that it's bootable.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may prepare the image for booting by
+        e.g. creating an initramfs and bootloader configuration.
+
+        This hook is called while the install root is still mounted, after the
+        packages have been installed and the kickstart configuration has been
+        applied, but before the %post scripts have been executed.
+
+        There is no default implementation.
+
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def _stage_final_image(self):
+        """Stage the final system image in _outdir.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses should place the image in _outdir
+        so that package() can copy it to the requested destination directory.
+
+        By default, this moves the install root into _outdir.
+
+        """
+        shutil.move(self._instroot, self._outdir + "/" + self.name)
+
+    def get_installed_packages(self):
+        return self._pkgs_content.keys()
+
+    def _save_recording_pkgs(self, destdir):
+        """Save the list or content of installed packages to file.
+        """
+        pkgs = self._pkgs_content.keys()
+        pkgs.sort() # inplace op
+
+        if not os.path.exists(destdir):
+            os.makedirs(destdir)
+
+        content = None
+        if 'vcs' in self._recording_pkgs:
+            vcslst = ["%s %s" % (k, v) for (k, v) in self._pkgs_vcsinfo.items()]
+            content = '\n'.join(sorted(vcslst))
+        elif 'name' in self._recording_pkgs:
+            content = '\n'.join(pkgs)
+        if content:
+            namefile = os.path.join(destdir, self.name + '.packages')
+            f = open(namefile, "w")
+            f.write(content)
+            f.close()
+            self.outimage.append(namefile);
+
+        # if 'content', save more details
+        if 'content' in self._recording_pkgs:
+            contfile = os.path.join(destdir, self.name + '.files')
+            f = open(contfile, "w")
+
+            for pkg in pkgs:
+                content = pkg + '\n'
+
+                pkgcont = self._pkgs_content[pkg]
+                content += '    '
+                content += '\n    '.join(pkgcont)
+                content += '\n'
+
+                content += '\n'
+                f.write(content)
+            f.close()
+            self.outimage.append(contfile)
+
+        if 'license' in self._recording_pkgs:
+            licensefile = os.path.join(destdir, self.name + '.license')
+            f = open(licensefile, "w")
+
+            f.write('Summary:\n')
+            for license in reversed(sorted(self._pkgs_license, key=\
+                            lambda license: len(self._pkgs_license[license]))):
+                f.write("    - %s: %s\n" \
+                        % (license, len(self._pkgs_license[license])))
+
+            f.write('\nDetails:\n')
+            for license in reversed(sorted(self._pkgs_license, key=\
+                            lambda license: len(self._pkgs_license[license]))):
+                f.write("    - %s:\n" % (license))
+                for pkg in sorted(self._pkgs_license[license]):
+                    f.write("        - %s\n" % (pkg))
+                f.write('\n')
+
+            f.close()
+            self.outimage.append(licensefile)
+
+    def _get_required_packages(self):
+        """Return a list of required packages.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may specify a set of packages which
+        it requires to be installed.
+
+        This returns an empty list by default.
+
+        Note, subclasses should usually chain up to the base class
+        implementation of this hook.
+
+        """
+        return []
+
+    def _get_excluded_packages(self):
+        """Return a list of excluded packages.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may specify a set of packages which
+        it requires _not_ to be installed.
+
+        This returns an empty list by default.
+
+        Note, subclasses should usually chain up to the base class
+        implementation of this hook.
+
+        """
+        return []
+
+    def _get_local_packages(self):
+        """Return a list of rpm path to be local installed.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may specify a set of rpms which
+        it requires to be installed locally.
+
+        This returns an empty list by default.
+
+        Note, subclasses should usually chain up to the base class
+        implementation of this hook.
+
+        """
+        if self._local_pkgs_path:
+            if os.path.isdir(self._local_pkgs_path):
+                return glob.glob(
+                        os.path.join(self._local_pkgs_path, '*.rpm'))
+            elif os.path.splitext(self._local_pkgs_path)[-1] == '.rpm':
+                return [self._local_pkgs_path]
+
+        return []
+
+    def _get_fstab(self):
+        """Return the desired contents of /etc/fstab.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may specify the contents of
+        /etc/fstab by returning a string containing the desired contents.
+
+        A sensible default implementation is provided.
+
+        """
+        s =  "/dev/root  /         %s    %s 0 0\n" \
+             % (self._fstype,
+                "defaults,noatime" if not self._fsopts else self._fsopts)
+        s += self._get_fstab_special()
+        return s
+
+    def _get_fstab_special(self):
+        s = "devpts     /dev/pts  devpts  gid=5,mode=620   0 0\n"
+        s += "tmpfs      /dev/shm  tmpfs   defaults         0 0\n"
+        s += "proc       /proc     proc    defaults         0 0\n"
+        s += "sysfs      /sys      sysfs   defaults         0 0\n"
+        return s
+
+    def _set_part_env(self, pnum, prop, value):
+        """ This is a helper function which generates an environment variable
+        for a property "prop" with value "value" of a partition number "pnum".
+
+        The naming convention is:
+           * Variables start with INSTALLERFW_PART
+           * Then goes the partition number, the order is the same as
+             specified in the KS file
+           * Then goes the property name
+        """
+
+        if value == None:
+            value = ""
+        else:
+            value = str(value)
+
+        name = self.installerfw_prefix + ("PART%d_" % pnum) + prop
+        return { name : value }
+
+    def _get_post_scripts_env(self, in_chroot):
+        """Return an environment dict for %post scripts.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may specify some environment
+        variables for %post scripts by return a dict containing the desired
+        environment.
+
+        in_chroot -- whether this %post script is to be executed chroot()ed
+                     into _instroot.
+        """
+
+        env = {}
+        pnum = 0
+
+        for p in kickstart.get_partitions(self.ks):
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "SIZE", p.size))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "MOUNTPOINT", p.mountpoint))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "FSTYPE", p.fstype))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "LABEL", p.label))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "FSOPTS", p.fsopts))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "BOOTFLAG", p.active))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "ALIGN", p.align))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "TYPE_ID", p.part_type))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(pnum, "DEVNODE",
+                                          "/dev/%s%d" % (p.disk, pnum + 1)))
+            pnum += 1
+
+        # Count of paritions
+        env[self.installerfw_prefix + "PART_COUNT"] = str(pnum)
+
+        # Partition table format
+        ptable_format = self.ks.handler.bootloader.ptable
+        env[self.installerfw_prefix + "PTABLE_FORMAT"] = ptable_format
+
+        # The kerned boot parameters
+        kernel_opts = self.ks.handler.bootloader.appendLine
+        env[self.installerfw_prefix + "KERNEL_OPTS"] = kernel_opts
+
+        # Name of the distribution
+        env[self.installerfw_prefix + "DISTRO_NAME"] = self.distro_name
+
+        # Name of the image creation tool
+        env[self.installerfw_prefix + "INSTALLER_NAME"] = "wic"
+
+        # The real current location of the mounted file-systems
+        if in_chroot:
+            mount_prefix = "/"
+        else:
+            mount_prefix = self._instroot
+        env[self.installerfw_prefix + "MOUNT_PREFIX"] = mount_prefix
+
+        # These are historical variables which lack the common name prefix
+        if not in_chroot:
+            env["INSTALL_ROOT"] = self._instroot
+            env["IMG_NAME"] = self._name
+
+        return env
+
+    def __get_imgname(self):
+        return self.name
+    _name = property(__get_imgname)
+    """The name of the image file.
+
+    """
+
+    def _get_kernel_versions(self):
+        """Return a dict detailing the available kernel types/versions.
+
+        This is the hook where subclasses may override what kernel types and
+        versions should be available for e.g. creating the booloader
+        configuration.
+
+        A dict should be returned mapping the available kernel types to a list
+        of the available versions for those kernels.
+
+        The default implementation uses rpm to iterate over everything
+        providing 'kernel', finds /boot/vmlinuz-* and returns the version
+        obtained from the vmlinuz filename. (This can differ from the kernel
+        RPM's n-v-r in the case of e.g. xen)
+
+        """
+        def get_kernel_versions(instroot):
+            ret = {}
+            versions = set()
+            files = glob.glob(instroot + "/boot/vmlinuz-*")
+            for file in files:
+                version = os.path.basename(file)[8:]
+                if version is None:
+                    continue
+                versions.add(version)
+            ret["kernel"] = list(versions)
+            return ret
+
+        def get_version(header):
+            version = None
+            for f in header['filenames']:
+                if f.startswith('/boot/vmlinuz-'):
+                    version = f[14:]
+            return version
+
+        if self.ks is None:
+            return get_kernel_versions(self._instroot)
+
+        ts = rpm.TransactionSet(self._instroot)
+
+        ret = {}
+        for header in ts.dbMatch('provides', 'kernel'):
+            version = get_version(header)
+            if version is None:
+                continue
+
+            name = header['name']
+            if not name in ret:
+                ret[name] = [version]
+            elif not version in ret[name]:
+                ret[name].append(version)
+
+        return ret
+
+
+    #
+    # Helpers for subclasses
+    #
+    def _do_bindmounts(self):
+        """Mount various system directories onto _instroot.
+
+        This method is called by mount(), but may also be used by subclasses
+        in order to re-mount the bindmounts after modifying the underlying
+        filesystem.
+
+        """
+        for b in self.__bindmounts:
+            b.mount()
+
+    def _undo_bindmounts(self):
+        """Unmount the bind-mounted system directories from _instroot.
+
+        This method is usually only called by unmount(), but may also be used
+        by subclasses in order to gain access to the filesystem obscured by
+        the bindmounts - e.g. in order to create device nodes on the image
+        filesystem.
+
+        """
+        self.__bindmounts.reverse()
+        for b in self.__bindmounts:
+            b.unmount()
+
+    def _chroot(self):
+        """Chroot into the install root.
+
+        This method may be used by subclasses when executing programs inside
+        the install root e.g.
+
+          subprocess.call(["/bin/ls"], preexec_fn = self.chroot)
+
+        """
+        os.chroot(self._instroot)
+        os.chdir("/")
+
+    def _mkdtemp(self, prefix = "tmp-"):
+        """Create a temporary directory.
+
+        This method may be used by subclasses to create a temporary directory
+        for use in building the final image - e.g. a subclass might create
+        a temporary directory in order to bundle a set of files into a package.
+
+        The subclass may delete this directory if it wishes, but it will be
+        automatically deleted by cleanup().
+
+        The absolute path to the temporary directory is returned.
+
+        Note, this method should only be called after mount() has been called.
+
+        prefix -- a prefix which should be used when creating the directory;
+                  defaults to "tmp-".
+
+        """
+        self.__ensure_builddir()
+        return tempfile.mkdtemp(dir = self.__builddir, prefix = prefix)
+
+    def _mkstemp(self, prefix = "tmp-"):
+        """Create a temporary file.
+
+        This method may be used by subclasses to create a temporary file
+        for use in building the final image - e.g. a subclass might need
+        a temporary location to unpack a compressed file.
+
+        The subclass may delete this file if it wishes, but it will be
+        automatically deleted by cleanup().
+
+        A tuple containing a file descriptor (returned from os.open() and the
+        absolute path to the temporary directory is returned.
+
+        Note, this method should only be called after mount() has been called.
+
+        prefix -- a prefix which should be used when creating the file;
+                  defaults to "tmp-".
+
+        """
+        self.__ensure_builddir()
+        return tempfile.mkstemp(dir = self.__builddir, prefix = prefix)
+
+    def _mktemp(self, prefix = "tmp-"):
+        """Create a temporary file.
+
+        This method simply calls _mkstemp() and closes the returned file
+        descriptor.
+
+        The absolute path to the temporary file is returned.
+
+        Note, this method should only be called after mount() has been called.
+
+        prefix -- a prefix which should be used when creating the file;
+                  defaults to "tmp-".
+
+        """
+
+        (f, path) = self._mkstemp(prefix)
+        os.close(f)
+        return path
+
+
+    #
+    # Actual implementation
+    #
+    def __ensure_builddir(self):
+        if not self.__builddir is None:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            self.workdir = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "build")
+            if not os.path.exists(self.workdir):
+                os.makedirs(self.workdir)
+            self.__builddir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir = self.workdir,
+                                               prefix = "imgcreate-")
+        except OSError, (err, msg):
+            raise CreatorError("Failed create build directory in %s: %s" %
+                               (self.tmpdir, msg))
+
+    def get_cachedir(self, cachedir = None):
+        if self.cachedir:
+            return self.cachedir
+
+        self.__ensure_builddir()
+        if cachedir:
+            self.cachedir = cachedir
+        else:
+            self.cachedir = self.__builddir + "/wic-cache"
+        fs.makedirs(self.cachedir)
+        return self.cachedir
+
+    def __sanity_check(self):
+        """Ensure that the config we've been given is sane."""
+        if not (kickstart.get_packages(self.ks) or
+                kickstart.get_groups(self.ks)):
+            raise CreatorError("No packages or groups specified")
+
+        kickstart.convert_method_to_repo(self.ks)
+
+        if not kickstart.get_repos(self.ks):
+            raise CreatorError("No repositories specified")
+
+    def __write_fstab(self):
+        fstab_contents = self._get_fstab()
+        if fstab_contents:
+            fstab = open(self._instroot + "/etc/fstab", "w")
+            fstab.write(fstab_contents)
+            fstab.close()
+
+    def __create_minimal_dev(self):
+        """Create a minimal /dev so that we don't corrupt the host /dev"""
+        origumask = os.umask(0000)
+        devices = (('null',   1, 3, 0666),
+                   ('urandom',1, 9, 0666),
+                   ('random', 1, 8, 0666),
+                   ('full',   1, 7, 0666),
+                   ('ptmx',   5, 2, 0666),
+                   ('tty',    5, 0, 0666),
+                   ('zero',   1, 5, 0666))
+
+        links = (("/proc/self/fd", "/dev/fd"),
+                 ("/proc/self/fd/0", "/dev/stdin"),
+                 ("/proc/self/fd/1", "/dev/stdout"),
+                 ("/proc/self/fd/2", "/dev/stderr"))
+
+        for (node, major, minor, perm) in devices:
+            if not os.path.exists(self._instroot + "/dev/" + node):
+                os.mknod(self._instroot + "/dev/" + node,
+                         perm | stat.S_IFCHR,
+                         os.makedev(major,minor))
+
+        for (src, dest) in links:
+            if not os.path.exists(self._instroot + dest):
+                os.symlink(src, self._instroot + dest)
+
+        os.umask(origumask)
+
+    def __setup_tmpdir(self):
+        if not self.enabletmpfs:
+            return
+
+        runner.show('mount -t tmpfs -o size=4G tmpfs %s' % self.workdir)
+
+    def __clean_tmpdir(self):
+        if not self.enabletmpfs:
+            return
+
+        runner.show('umount -l %s' % self.workdir)
+
+    def mount(self, base_on = None, cachedir = None):
+        """Setup the target filesystem in preparation for an install.
+
+        This function sets up the filesystem which the ImageCreator will
+        install into and configure. The ImageCreator class merely creates an
+        install root directory, bind mounts some system directories (e.g. /dev)
+        and writes out /etc/fstab. Other subclasses may also e.g. create a
+        sparse file, format it and loopback mount it to the install root.
+
+        base_on -- a previous install on which to base this install; defaults
+                   to None, causing a new image to be created
+
+        cachedir -- a directory in which to store the Yum cache; defaults to
+                    None, causing a new cache to be created; by setting this
+                    to another directory, the same cache can be reused across
+                    multiple installs.
+
+        """
+        self.__setup_tmpdir()
+        self.__ensure_builddir()
+
+        self._mount_instroot(base_on)
+
+    def unmount(self):
+        """Unmounts the target filesystem.
+
+        The ImageCreator class detaches the system from the install root, but
+        other subclasses may also detach the loopback mounted filesystem image
+        from the install root.
+
+        """
+        self._unmount_instroot()
+
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        """Unmounts the target filesystem and deletes temporary files.
+
+        This method calls unmount() and then deletes any temporary files and
+        directories that were created on the host system while building the
+        image.
+
+        Note, make sure to call this method once finished with the creator
+        instance in order to ensure no stale files are left on the host e.g.:
+
+          creator = ImageCreator(ks, name)
+          try:
+              creator.create()
+          finally:
+              creator.cleanup()
+
+        """
+        if not self.__builddir:
+            return
+
+        self.unmount()
+
+        shutil.rmtree(self.__builddir, ignore_errors = True)
+        self.__builddir = None
+
+        self.__clean_tmpdir()
+
+    def __is_excluded_pkg(self, pkg):
+        if pkg in self._excluded_pkgs:
+            self._excluded_pkgs.remove(pkg)
+            return True
+
+        for xpkg in self._excluded_pkgs:
+            if xpkg.endswith('*'):
+                if pkg.startswith(xpkg[:-1]):
+                    return True
+            elif xpkg.startswith('*'):
+                if pkg.endswith(xpkg[1:]):
+                    return True
+
+        return None
+
+    def __select_packages(self, pkg_manager):
+        skipped_pkgs = []
+        for pkg in self._required_pkgs:
+            e = pkg_manager.selectPackage(pkg)
+            if e:
+                if kickstart.ignore_missing(self.ks):
+                    skipped_pkgs.append(pkg)
+                elif self.__is_excluded_pkg(pkg):
+                    skipped_pkgs.append(pkg)
+                else:
+                    raise CreatorError("Failed to find package '%s' : %s" %
+                                       (pkg, e))
+
+        for pkg in skipped_pkgs:
+            msger.warning("Skipping missing package '%s'" % (pkg,))
+
+    def __select_groups(self, pkg_manager):
+        skipped_groups = []
+        for group in self._required_groups:
+            e = pkg_manager.selectGroup(group.name, group.include)
+            if e:
+                if kickstart.ignore_missing(self.ks):
+                    skipped_groups.append(group)
+                else:
+                    raise CreatorError("Failed to find group '%s' : %s" %
+                                       (group.name, e))
+
+        for group in skipped_groups:
+            msger.warning("Skipping missing group '%s'" % (group.name,))
+
+    def __deselect_packages(self, pkg_manager):
+        for pkg in self._excluded_pkgs:
+            pkg_manager.deselectPackage(pkg)
+
+    def __localinst_packages(self, pkg_manager):
+        for rpm_path in self._get_local_packages():
+            pkg_manager.installLocal(rpm_path)
+
+    def __preinstall_packages(self, pkg_manager):
+        if not self.ks:
+            return
+
+        self._preinstall_pkgs = kickstart.get_pre_packages(self.ks)
+        for pkg in self._preinstall_pkgs:
+            pkg_manager.preInstall(pkg)
+
+    def __attachment_packages(self, pkg_manager):
+        if not self.ks:
+            return
+
+        self._attachment = []
+        for item in kickstart.get_attachment(self.ks):
+            if item.startswith('/'):
+                fpaths = os.path.join(self._instroot, item.lstrip('/'))
+                for fpath in glob.glob(fpaths):
+                    self._attachment.append(fpath)
+                continue
+
+            filelist = pkg_manager.getFilelist(item)
+            if filelist:
+                # found rpm in rootfs
+                for pfile in pkg_manager.getFilelist(item):
+                    fpath = os.path.join(self._instroot, pfile.lstrip('/'))
+                    self._attachment.append(fpath)
+                continue
+
+            # try to retrieve rpm file
+            (url, proxies) = pkg_manager.package_url(item)
+            if not url:
+                msger.warning("Can't get url from repo for %s" % item)
+                continue
+            fpath = os.path.join(self.cachedir, os.path.basename(url))
+            if not os.path.exists(fpath):
+                # download pkgs
+                try:
+                    fpath = grabber.myurlgrab(url, fpath, proxies, None)
+                except CreatorError:
+                    raise
+
+            tmpdir = self._mkdtemp()
+            misc.extract_rpm(fpath, tmpdir)
+            for (root, dirs, files) in os.walk(tmpdir):
+                for fname in files:
+                    fpath = os.path.join(root, fname)
+                    self._attachment.append(fpath)
+
+    def install(self, repo_urls=None):
+        """Install packages into the install root.
+
+        This function installs the packages listed in the supplied kickstart
+        into the install root. By default, the packages are installed from the
+        repository URLs specified in the kickstart.
+
+        repo_urls -- a dict which maps a repository name to a repository URL;
+                     if supplied, this causes any repository URLs specified in
+                     the kickstart to be overridden.
+
+        """
+
+        # initialize pkg list to install
+        if self.ks:
+            self.__sanity_check()
+
+            self._required_pkgs = \
+                kickstart.get_packages(self.ks, self._get_required_packages())
+            self._excluded_pkgs = \
+                kickstart.get_excluded(self.ks, self._get_excluded_packages())
+            self._required_groups = kickstart.get_groups(self.ks)
+        else:
+            self._required_pkgs = None
+            self._excluded_pkgs = None
+            self._required_groups = None
+
+        pkg_manager = self.get_pkg_manager()
+        pkg_manager.setup()
+
+        if hasattr(self, 'install_pkgs') and self.install_pkgs:
+            if 'debuginfo' in self.install_pkgs:
+                pkg_manager.install_debuginfo = True
+
+        for repo in kickstart.get_repos(self.ks, repo_urls):
+            (name, baseurl, mirrorlist, inc, exc,
+             proxy, proxy_username, proxy_password, debuginfo,
+             source, gpgkey, disable, ssl_verify, nocache,
+             cost, priority) = repo
+
+            yr = pkg_manager.addRepository(name, baseurl, mirrorlist, proxy,
+                        proxy_username, proxy_password, inc, exc, ssl_verify,
+                        nocache, cost, priority)
+
+        if kickstart.exclude_docs(self.ks):
+            rpm.addMacro("_excludedocs", "1")
+        rpm.addMacro("_dbpath", "/var/lib/rpm")
+        rpm.addMacro("__file_context_path", "%{nil}")
+        if kickstart.inst_langs(self.ks) != None:
+            rpm.addMacro("_install_langs", kickstart.inst_langs(self.ks))
+
+        try:
+            self.__preinstall_packages(pkg_manager)
+            self.__select_packages(pkg_manager)
+            self.__select_groups(pkg_manager)
+            self.__deselect_packages(pkg_manager)
+            self.__localinst_packages(pkg_manager)
+
+            BOOT_SAFEGUARD = 256L * 1024 * 1024 # 256M
+            checksize = self._root_fs_avail
+            if checksize:
+                checksize -= BOOT_SAFEGUARD
+            if self.target_arch:
+                pkg_manager._add_prob_flags(rpm.RPMPROB_FILTER_IGNOREARCH)
+            pkg_manager.runInstall(checksize)
+        except CreatorError, e:
+            raise
+        except  KeyboardInterrupt:
+            raise
+        else:
+            self._pkgs_content = pkg_manager.getAllContent()
+            self._pkgs_license = pkg_manager.getPkgsLicense()
+            self._pkgs_vcsinfo = pkg_manager.getVcsInfo()
+            self.__attachment_packages(pkg_manager)
+        finally:
+            pkg_manager.close()
+
+        # hook post install
+        self.postinstall()
+
+        # do some clean up to avoid lvm info leakage.  this sucks.
+        for subdir in ("cache", "backup", "archive"):
+            lvmdir = self._instroot + "/etc/lvm/" + subdir
+            try:
+                for f in os.listdir(lvmdir):
+                    os.unlink(lvmdir + "/" + f)
+            except:
+                pass
+
+    def postinstall(self):
+        self.copy_attachment()
+
+    def __run_post_scripts(self):
+        msger.info("Running scripts ...")
+        if os.path.exists(self._instroot + "/tmp"):
+            shutil.rmtree(self._instroot + "/tmp")
+        os.mkdir (self._instroot + "/tmp", 0755)
+        for s in kickstart.get_post_scripts(self.ks):
+            (fd, path) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix = "ks-script-",
+                                          dir = self._instroot + "/tmp")
+
+            s.script = s.script.replace("\r", "")
+            os.write(fd, s.script)
+            os.close(fd)
+            os.chmod(path, 0700)
+
+            env = self._get_post_scripts_env(s.inChroot)
+
+            if not s.inChroot:
+                preexec = None
+                script = path
+            else:
+                preexec = self._chroot
+                script = "/tmp/" + os.path.basename(path)
+
+            try:
+                try:
+                    subprocess.call([s.interp, script],
+                                    preexec_fn = preexec,
+                                    env = env,
+                                    stdout = sys.stdout,
+                                    stderr = sys.stderr)
+                except OSError, (err, msg):
+                    raise CreatorError("Failed to execute %%post script "
+                                       "with '%s' : %s" % (s.interp, msg))
+            finally:
+                os.unlink(path)
+
+    def __save_repo_keys(self, repodata):
+        if not repodata:
+            return None
+
+        gpgkeydir = "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg"
+        fs.makedirs(self._instroot + gpgkeydir)
+        for repo in repodata:
+            if repo["repokey"]:
+                repokey = gpgkeydir + "/RPM-GPG-KEY-%s" %  repo["name"]
+                shutil.copy(repo["repokey"], self._instroot + repokey)
+
+    def configure(self, repodata = None):
+        """Configure the system image according to the kickstart.
+
+        This method applies the (e.g. keyboard or network) configuration
+        specified in the kickstart and executes the kickstart %post scripts.
+
+        If necessary, it also prepares the image to be bootable by e.g.
+        creating an initrd and bootloader configuration.
+
+        """
+        ksh = self.ks.handler
+
+        msger.info('Applying configurations ...')
+        try:
+            kickstart.LanguageConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.lang)
+            kickstart.KeyboardConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.keyboard)
+            kickstart.TimezoneConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.timezone)
+            #kickstart.AuthConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.authconfig)
+            kickstart.FirewallConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.firewall)
+            kickstart.RootPasswordConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.rootpw)
+            kickstart.UserConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.user)
+            kickstart.ServicesConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.services)
+            kickstart.XConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.xconfig)
+            kickstart.NetworkConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.network)
+            kickstart.RPMMacroConfig(self._instroot).apply(self.ks)
+            kickstart.DesktopConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.desktop)
+            self.__save_repo_keys(repodata)
+            kickstart.MoblinRepoConfig(self._instroot).apply(ksh.repo, repodata, self.repourl)
+        except:
+            msger.warning("Failed to apply configuration to image")
+            raise
+
+        self._create_bootconfig()
+        self.__run_post_scripts()
+
+    def launch_shell(self, launch):
+        """Launch a shell in the install root.
+
+        This method is launches a bash shell chroot()ed in the install root;
+        this can be useful for debugging.
+
+        """
+        if launch:
+            msger.info("Launching shell. Exit to continue.")
+            subprocess.call(["/bin/bash"], preexec_fn = self._chroot)
+
+    def do_genchecksum(self, image_name):
+        if not self._genchecksum:
+            return
+
+        md5sum = misc.get_md5sum(image_name)
+        with open(image_name + ".md5sum", "w") as f:
+            f.write("%s %s" % (md5sum, os.path.basename(image_name)))
+        self.outimage.append(image_name+".md5sum")
+
+    def package(self, destdir = "."):
+        """Prepares the created image for final delivery.
+
+        In its simplest form, this method merely copies the install root to the
+        supplied destination directory; other subclasses may choose to package
+        the image by e.g. creating a bootable ISO containing the image and
+        bootloader configuration.
+
+        destdir -- the directory into which the final image should be moved;
+                   this defaults to the current directory.
+
+        """
+        self._stage_final_image()
+
+        if not os.path.exists(destdir):
+            fs.makedirs(destdir)
+
+        if self._recording_pkgs:
+            self._save_recording_pkgs(destdir)
+
+        # For image formats with two or multiple image files, it will be
+        # better to put them under a directory
+        if self.image_format in ("raw", "vmdk", "vdi", "nand", "mrstnand"):
+            destdir = os.path.join(destdir, "%s-%s" \
+                                            % (self.name, self.image_format))
+            msger.debug("creating destination dir: %s" % destdir)
+            fs.makedirs(destdir)
+
+        # Ensure all data is flushed to _outdir
+        runner.quiet('sync')
+
+        misc.check_space_pre_cp(self._outdir, destdir)
+        for f in os.listdir(self._outdir):
+            shutil.move(os.path.join(self._outdir, f),
+                        os.path.join(destdir, f))
+            self.outimage.append(os.path.join(destdir, f))
+            self.do_genchecksum(os.path.join(destdir, f))
+
+    def print_outimage_info(self):
+        msg = "The new image can be found here:\n"
+        self.outimage.sort()
+        for file in self.outimage:
+            msg += '  %s\n' % os.path.abspath(file)
+
+        msger.info(msg)
+
+    def check_depend_tools(self):
+        for tool in self._dep_checks:
+            fs.find_binary_path(tool)
+
+    def package_output(self, image_format, destdir = ".", package="none"):
+        if not package or package == "none":
+            return
+
+        destdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(destdir))
+        (pkg, comp) = os.path.splitext(package)
+        if comp:
+            comp=comp.lstrip(".")
+
+        if pkg == "tar":
+            if comp:
+                dst = "%s/%s-%s.tar.%s" %\
+                      (destdir, self.name, image_format, comp)
+            else:
+                dst = "%s/%s-%s.tar" %\
+                      (destdir, self.name, image_format)
+
+            msger.info("creating %s" % dst)
+            tar = tarfile.open(dst, "w:" + comp)
+
+            for file in self.outimage:
+                msger.info("adding %s to %s" % (file, dst))
+                tar.add(file,
+                        arcname=os.path.join("%s-%s" \
+                                           % (self.name, image_format),
+                                              os.path.basename(file)))
+                if os.path.isdir(file):
+                    shutil.rmtree(file, ignore_errors = True)
+                else:
+                    os.remove(file)
+
+            tar.close()
+
+            '''All the file in outimage has been packaged into tar.* file'''
+            self.outimage = [dst]
+
+    def release_output(self, config, destdir, release):
+        """ Create release directory and files
+        """
+
+        def _rpath(fn):
+            """ release path """
+            return os.path.join(destdir, fn)
+
+        outimages = self.outimage
+
+        # new ks
+        new_kspath = _rpath(self.name+'.ks')
+        with open(config) as fr:
+            with open(new_kspath, "w") as wf:
+                # When building a release we want to make sure the .ks
+                # file generates the same build even when --release not used.
+                wf.write(fr.read().replace("@BUILD_ID@", release))
+        outimages.append(new_kspath)
+
+        # save log file, logfile is only available in creator attrs
+        if hasattr(self, 'logfile') and not self.logfile:
+            log_path = _rpath(self.name + ".log")
+            # touch the log file, else outimages will filter it out
+            with open(log_path, 'w') as wf:
+                wf.write('')
+            msger.set_logfile(log_path)
+            outimages.append(_rpath(self.name + ".log"))
+
+        # rename iso and usbimg
+        for f in os.listdir(destdir):
+            if f.endswith(".iso"):
+                newf = f[:-4] + '.img'
+            elif f.endswith(".usbimg"):
+                newf = f[:-7] + '.img'
+            else:
+                continue
+            os.rename(_rpath(f), _rpath(newf))
+            outimages.append(_rpath(newf))
+
+        # generate MD5SUMS
+        with open(_rpath("MD5SUMS"), "w") as wf:
+            for f in os.listdir(destdir):
+                if f == "MD5SUMS":
+                    continue
+
+                if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(destdir, f)):
+                    continue
+
+                md5sum = misc.get_md5sum(_rpath(f))
+                # There needs to be two spaces between the sum and
+                # filepath to match the syntax with md5sum.
+                # This way also md5sum -c MD5SUMS can be used by users
+                wf.write("%s *%s\n" % (md5sum, f))
+
+        outimages.append("%s/MD5SUMS" % destdir)
+
+        # Filter out the nonexist file
+        for fp in outimages[:]:
+            if not os.path.exists("%s" % fp):
+                outimages.remove(fp)
+
+    def copy_kernel(self):
+        """ Copy kernel files to the outimage directory.
+        NOTE: This needs to be called before unmounting the instroot.
+        """
+
+        if not self._need_copy_kernel:
+            return
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.destdir):
+            os.makedirs(self.destdir)
+
+        for kernel in glob.glob("%s/boot/vmlinuz-*" % self._instroot):
+            kernelfilename = "%s/%s-%s" % (self.destdir,
+                                           self.name,
+                                           os.path.basename(kernel))
+            msger.info('copy kernel file %s as %s' % (os.path.basename(kernel),
+                                                      kernelfilename))
+            shutil.copy(kernel, kernelfilename)
+            self.outimage.append(kernelfilename)
+
+    def copy_attachment(self):
+        """ Subclass implement it to handle attachment files
+        NOTE: This needs to be called before unmounting the instroot.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def get_pkg_manager(self):
+        return self.pkgmgr(target_arch = self.target_arch,
+                           instroot = self._instroot,
+                           cachedir = self.cachedir)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/imager/direct.py b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/direct.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d24bc684fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/direct.py
@@ -0,0 +1,472 @@
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+# This implements the 'direct' image creator class for 'wic', based
+# loosely on the raw image creator from 'mic'
+#
+# AUTHORS
+# Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi (at] linux.intel.com>
+#
+
+import os
+import stat
+import shutil
+
+from mic import kickstart, msger
+from mic.utils import fs_related, runner, misc
+from mic.utils.partitionedfs import PartitionedMount
+from mic.utils.errors import CreatorError, MountError
+from mic.imager.baseimager import BaseImageCreator
+from mic.utils.oe.misc import *
+
+class DirectImageCreator(BaseImageCreator):
+    """
+    Installs a system into a file containing a partitioned disk image.
+
+    DirectImageCreator is an advanced ImageCreator subclass; an image
+    file is formatted with a partition table, each partition created
+    from a rootfs or other OpenEmbedded build artifact and dd'ed into
+    the virtual disk. The disk image can subsequently be dd'ed onto
+    media and used on actual hardware.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, oe_builddir, image_output_dir, rootfs_dir, bootimg_dir,
+                 kernel_dir, native_sysroot, hdddir, staging_data_dir,
+                 creatoropts=None, pkgmgr=None, compress_image=None,
+                 generate_bmap=None, fstab_entry="uuid"):
+        """
+        Initialize a DirectImageCreator instance.
+
+        This method takes the same arguments as ImageCreator.__init__()
+        """
+        BaseImageCreator.__init__(self, creatoropts, pkgmgr)
+
+        self.__instimage = None
+        self.__imgdir = None
+        self.__disks = {}
+        self.__disk_format = "direct"
+        self._disk_names = []
+        self._ptable_format = self.ks.handler.bootloader.ptable
+        self.use_uuid = fstab_entry == "uuid"
+        self.compress_image = compress_image
+        self.bmap_needed = generate_bmap
+
+        self.oe_builddir = oe_builddir
+        if image_output_dir:
+            self.tmpdir = image_output_dir
+            self.cachedir = "%s/cache" % image_output_dir
+        self.rootfs_dir = rootfs_dir
+        self.bootimg_dir = bootimg_dir
+        self.kernel_dir = kernel_dir
+        self.native_sysroot = native_sysroot
+        self.hdddir = hdddir
+        self.staging_data_dir = staging_data_dir
+        self.boot_type = ""
+
+    def __write_fstab(self):
+        """overriden to generate fstab (temporarily) in rootfs. This
+        is called from mount_instroot, make sure it doesn't get called
+        from BaseImage.mount()"""
+
+        image_rootfs = self.rootfs_dir
+
+        parts = self._get_parts()
+
+        fstab = image_rootfs + "/etc/fstab"
+
+        self._save_fstab(fstab)
+        fstab_lines = self._get_fstab(fstab, parts)
+        self._update_fstab(fstab_lines, parts)
+        self._write_fstab(fstab, fstab_lines)
+
+        return fstab
+
+    def _update_fstab(self, fstab_lines, parts):
+        """Assume partition order same as in wks"""
+        for num, p in enumerate(parts, 1):
+            if p.mountpoint == "/" or p.mountpoint == "/boot":
+                continue
+            if self._ptable_format == 'msdos' and num > 3:
+                device_name = "/dev/" + p.disk + str(num + 1)
+            else:
+                device_name = "/dev/" + p.disk + str(num)
+            fstab_entry = device_name + "\t" + p.mountpoint + "\t" + p.fstype + "\tdefaults\t0\t0\n"
+            fstab_lines.append(fstab_entry)
+
+    def _write_fstab(self, fstab, fstab_lines):
+        fstab = open(fstab, "w")
+        for line in fstab_lines:
+            fstab.write(line)
+        fstab.close()
+
+    def _save_fstab(self, fstab):
+        """Save the current fstab in rootfs"""
+        shutil.copyfile(fstab, fstab + ".orig")
+
+    def _restore_fstab(self, fstab):
+        """Restore the saved fstab in rootfs"""
+        shutil.move(fstab + ".orig", fstab)
+
+    def _get_fstab(self, fstab, parts):
+        """Return the desired contents of /etc/fstab."""
+        f = open(fstab, "r")
+        fstab_contents = f.readlines()
+        f.close()
+
+        return fstab_contents
+
+    def _get_parts(self):
+        if not self.ks:
+            raise CreatorError("Failed to get partition info, "
+                               "please check your kickstart setting.")
+
+        # Set a default partition if no partition is given out
+        if not self.ks.handler.partition.partitions:
+            partstr = "part / --size 1900 --ondisk sda --fstype=ext3"
+            args = partstr.split()
+            pd = self.ks.handler.partition.parse(args[1:])
+            if pd not in self.ks.handler.partition.partitions:
+                self.ks.handler.partition.partitions.append(pd)
+
+        # partitions list from kickstart file
+        return kickstart.get_partitions(self.ks)
+
+    def get_disk_names(self):
+        """ Returns a list of physical target disk names (e.g., 'sdb') which
+        will be created. """
+
+        if self._disk_names:
+            return self._disk_names
+
+        #get partition info from ks handler
+        parts = self._get_parts()
+
+        for i in range(len(parts)):
+            if parts[i].disk:
+                disk_name = parts[i].disk
+            else:
+                raise CreatorError("Failed to create disks, no --ondisk "
+                                   "specified in partition line of ks file")
+
+            if parts[i].mountpoint and not parts[i].fstype:
+                raise CreatorError("Failed to create disks, no --fstype "
+                                    "specified for partition with mountpoint "
+                                    "'%s' in the ks file")
+
+            self._disk_names.append(disk_name)
+
+        return self._disk_names
+
+    def _full_name(self, name, extention):
+        """ Construct full file name for a file we generate. """
+        return "%s-%s.%s" % (self.name, name, extention)
+
+    def _full_path(self, path, name, extention):
+        """ Construct full file path to a file we generate. """
+        return os.path.join(path, self._full_name(name, extention))
+
+    def get_boot_type(self):
+        """ Determine the boot type from fstype and mountpoint. """
+        parts = self._get_parts()
+
+        boot_type = ""
+
+        for p in parts:
+            if p.mountpoint == "/boot":
+                if p.fstype == "msdos":
+                    boot_type = "pcbios"
+                else:
+                    boot_type = p.fstype
+        return boot_type
+
+    #
+    # Actual implemention
+    #
+    def _mount_instroot(self, base_on = None):
+        """
+        For 'wic', we already have our build artifacts and don't want
+        to loop mount anything to install into, we just create
+        filesystems from the artifacts directly and combine them into
+        a partitioned image.
+
+        We still want to reuse as much of the basic mic machinery
+        though; despite the fact that we don't actually do loop or any
+        other kind of mounting we still want to do many of the same
+        things to prepare images, so we basically just adapt to the
+        basic framework and reinterpret what 'mounting' means in our
+        context.
+
+        _instroot would normally be something like
+        /var/tmp/wic/build/imgcreate-s_9AKQ/install_root, for
+        installing packages, etc.  We don't currently need to do that,
+        so we simplify life by just using /var/tmp/wic/build as our
+        workdir.
+        """
+        parts = self._get_parts()
+
+        self.__instimage = PartitionedMount(self._instroot)
+
+        fstab = self.__write_fstab()
+
+        self.boot_type = self.get_boot_type()
+
+        if not self.bootimg_dir:
+            if self.boot_type == "pcbios":
+                self.bootimg_dir = self.staging_data_dir
+            elif self.boot_type == "efi":
+                self.bootimg_dir = self.hdddir
+
+        if self.boot_type == "pcbios":
+            self._create_syslinux_config()
+        elif self.boot_type == "efi":
+            self._create_grubefi_config()
+        else:
+            raise CreatorError("Failed to detect boot type (no /boot partition?), "
+                               "please check your kickstart setting.")
+
+        for p in parts:
+            if p.fstype == "efi":
+                p.fstype = "msdos"
+            # need to create the filesystems in order to get their
+            # sizes before we can add them and do the layout.
+            # PartitionedMount.mount() actually calls __format_disks()
+            # to create the disk images and carve out the partitions,
+            # then self.install() calls PartitionedMount.install()
+            # which calls __install_partitition() for each partition
+            # to dd the fs into the partitions.  It would be nice to
+            # be able to use e.g. ExtDiskMount etc to create the
+            # filesystems, since that's where existing e.g. mkfs code
+            # is, but those are only created after __format_disks()
+            # which needs the partition sizes so needs them created
+            # before its called.  Well, the existing setup is geared
+            # to installing packages into mounted filesystems - maybe
+            # when/if we need to actually do package selection we
+            # should modify things to use those objects, but for now
+            # we can avoid that.
+            p.prepare(self.workdir, self.oe_builddir, self.boot_type,
+                      self.rootfs_dir, self.bootimg_dir, self.kernel_dir,
+                      self.native_sysroot)
+
+            self.__instimage.add_partition(int(p.size),
+                                           p.disk,
+                                           p.mountpoint,
+                                           p.source_file,
+                                           p.fstype,
+                                           p.label,
+                                           fsopts = p.fsopts,
+                                           boot = p.active,
+                                           align = p.align,
+                                           part_type = p.part_type)
+        self._restore_fstab(fstab)
+        self.__instimage.layout_partitions(self._ptable_format)
+
+        self.__imgdir = self.workdir
+        for disk_name, disk in self.__instimage.disks.items():
+            full_path = self._full_path(self.__imgdir, disk_name, "direct")
+            msger.debug("Adding disk %s as %s with size %s bytes" \
+                        % (disk_name, full_path, disk['min_size']))
+            disk_obj = fs_related.DiskImage(full_path, disk['min_size'])
+            self.__disks[disk_name] = disk_obj
+            self.__instimage.add_disk(disk_name, disk_obj)
+
+        self.__instimage.mount()
+
+    def install(self, repo_urls=None):
+        """
+        Install fs images into partitions
+        """
+        for disk_name, disk in self.__instimage.disks.items():
+            full_path = self._full_path(self.__imgdir, disk_name, "direct")
+            msger.debug("Installing disk %s as %s with size %s bytes" \
+                        % (disk_name, full_path, disk['min_size']))
+            self.__instimage.install(full_path)
+
+    def configure(self, repodata = None):
+        """
+        Configure the system image according to kickstart.
+
+        For now, it just prepares the image to be bootable by e.g.
+        creating and installing a bootloader configuration.
+        """
+        if self.boot_type == "pcbios":
+            self._install_syslinux()
+
+    def print_outimage_info(self):
+        """
+        Print the image(s) and artifacts used, for the user.
+        """
+        msg = "The new image(s) can be found here:\n"
+
+        for disk_name, disk in self.__instimage.disks.items():
+            full_path = self._full_path(self.__imgdir, disk_name, "direct")
+            msg += '  %s\n\n' % full_path
+
+        msg += 'The following build artifacts were used to create the image(s):\n'
+        msg += '  ROOTFS_DIR:      %s\n' % self.rootfs_dir
+        msg += '  BOOTIMG_DIR:     %s\n' % self.bootimg_dir
+        msg += '  KERNEL_DIR:      %s\n' % self.kernel_dir
+        msg += '  NATIVE_SYSROOT:  %s\n' % self.native_sysroot
+
+        msger.info(msg)
+
+    def _get_boot_config(self):
+        """
+        Return the rootdev/root_part_uuid (if specified by
+        --part-type)
+
+        Assume partition order same as in wks
+        """
+        rootdev = None
+        root_part_uuid = None
+        parts = self._get_parts()
+        for num, p in enumerate(parts, 1):
+            if p.mountpoint == "/":
+                if self._ptable_format == 'msdos' and num > 3:
+                    rootdev = "/dev/%s%-d" % (p.disk, num + 1)
+                else:
+                    rootdev = "/dev/%s%-d" % (p.disk, num)
+                root_part_uuid = p.part_type
+
+        return (rootdev, root_part_uuid)
+
+    def _create_syslinux_config(self):
+        hdddir = "%s/hdd/boot" % self.workdir
+        rm_cmd = "rm -rf " + self.workdir
+        exec_cmd(rm_cmd)
+
+        install_cmd = "install -d %s" % hdddir
+        tmp = exec_cmd(install_cmd)
+
+        splash = os.path.join(self.workdir, "/hdd/boot/splash.jpg")
+        if os.path.exists(splash):
+            splashline = "menu background splash.jpg"
+        else:
+            splashline = ""
+
+        (rootdev, root_part_uuid) = self._get_boot_config()
+        options = self.ks.handler.bootloader.appendLine
+
+        syslinux_conf = ""
+        syslinux_conf += "PROMPT 0\n"
+        timeout = kickstart.get_timeout(self.ks)
+        if not timeout:
+            timeout = 0
+        syslinux_conf += "TIMEOUT " + str(timeout) + "\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "ALLOWOPTIONS 1\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "SERIAL 0 115200\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "\n"
+        if splashline:
+            syslinux_conf += "%s\n" % splashline
+        syslinux_conf += "DEFAULT boot\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "LABEL boot\n"
+
+        kernel = "/vmlinuz"
+        syslinux_conf += "KERNEL " + kernel + "\n"
+
+        if self._ptable_format == 'msdos':
+            rootstr = rootdev
+        else:
+            if not root_part_uuid:
+                raise MountError("Cannot find the root GPT partition UUID")
+            rootstr = "PARTUUID=%s" % root_part_uuid
+
+        syslinux_conf += "APPEND label=boot root=%s %s\n" % (rootstr, options)
+
+        msger.debug("Writing syslinux config %s/hdd/boot/syslinux.cfg" \
+                    % self.workdir)
+        cfg = open("%s/hdd/boot/syslinux.cfg" % self.workdir, "w")
+        cfg.write(syslinux_conf)
+        cfg.close()
+
+    def _create_grubefi_config(self):
+        hdddir = "%s/hdd/boot" % self.workdir
+        rm_cmd = "rm -rf %s" % self.workdir
+        exec_cmd(rm_cmd)
+
+        install_cmd = "install -d %s/EFI/BOOT" % hdddir
+        tmp = exec_cmd(install_cmd)
+
+        splash = os.path.join(self.workdir, "/EFI/boot/splash.jpg")
+        if os.path.exists(splash):
+            splashline = "menu background splash.jpg"
+        else:
+            splashline = ""
+
+        (rootdev, root_part_uuid) = self._get_boot_config()
+        options = self.ks.handler.bootloader.appendLine
+
+        grubefi_conf = ""
+        grubefi_conf += "serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1\n"
+        grubefi_conf += "default=boot\n"
+        timeout = kickstart.get_timeout(self.ks)
+        if not timeout:
+            timeout = 0
+        grubefi_conf += "timeout=%s\n" % timeout
+        grubefi_conf += "menuentry 'boot'{\n"
+
+        kernel = "/vmlinuz"
+
+        if self._ptable_format == 'msdos':
+            rootstr = rootdev
+        else:
+            if not root_part_uuid:
+                raise MountError("Cannot find the root GPT partition UUID")
+            rootstr = "PARTUUID=%s" % root_part_uuid
+
+        grubefi_conf += "linux %s root=%s rootwait %s\n" \
+            % (kernel, rootstr, options)
+        grubefi_conf += "}\n"
+        if splashline:
+            syslinux_conf += "%s\n" % splashline
+
+        msger.debug("Writing grubefi config %s/hdd/boot/EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg" \
+                        % self.workdir)
+        cfg = open("%s/hdd/boot/EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg" % self.workdir, "w")
+        cfg.write(grubefi_conf)
+        cfg.close()
+
+    def _install_syslinux(self):
+        mbrfile = "%s/syslinux/" % self.bootimg_dir
+        if self._ptable_format == 'gpt':
+            mbrfile += "gptmbr.bin"
+        else:
+            mbrfile += "mbr.bin"
+
+        if not os.path.exists(mbrfile):
+            msger.error("Couldn't find %s.  If using the -e option, do you have the right MACHINE set in local.conf?  If not, is the bootimg_dir path correct?" % mbrfile)
+
+        for disk_name, disk in self.__instimage.disks.items():
+            full_path = self._full_path(self.__imgdir, disk_name, "direct")
+            msger.debug("Installing MBR on disk %s as %s with size %s bytes" \
+                            % (disk_name, full_path, disk['min_size']))
+
+            rc = runner.show(['dd', 'if=%s' % mbrfile,
+                              'of=%s' % full_path, 'conv=notrunc'])
+            if rc != 0:
+                raise MountError("Unable to set MBR to %s" % full_path)
+
+    def _unmount_instroot(self):
+        if not self.__instimage is None:
+            try:
+                self.__instimage.cleanup()
+            except MountError, err:
+                msger.warning("%s" % err)
+
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/imager/fs.py b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/fs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d53b29cb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/fs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+
+from mic import msger
+from mic.utils import runner, misc
+from mic.utils.errors import CreatorError
+from mic.utils.fs_related import find_binary_path
+from mic.imager.baseimager import BaseImageCreator
+
+class FsImageCreator(BaseImageCreator):
+    def __init__(self, cfgmgr = None, pkgmgr = None):
+        self.zips = {
+            "tar.bz2" : ""
+        }
+        BaseImageCreator.__init__(self, cfgmgr, pkgmgr)
+        self._fstype = None
+        self._fsopts = None
+        self._include_src = False
+
+    def package(self, destdir = "."):
+
+        ignores = ["/dev/fd",
+                   "/dev/stdin",
+                   "/dev/stdout",
+                   "/dev/stderr",
+                   "/etc/mtab"]
+
+        if not os.path.exists(destdir):
+            os.makedirs(destdir)
+
+        if self._recording_pkgs:
+            self._save_recording_pkgs(destdir)
+
+        if not self.pack_to:
+            fsdir = os.path.join(destdir, self.name)
+
+            misc.check_space_pre_cp(self._instroot, destdir)
+            msger.info("Copying %s to %s ..." % (self._instroot, fsdir))
+            runner.show(['cp', "-af", self._instroot, fsdir])
+
+            for exclude in ignores:
+                if os.path.exists(fsdir + exclude):
+                    os.unlink(fsdir + exclude)
+
+            self.outimage.append(fsdir)
+
+        else:
+            (tar, comp) = os.path.splitext(self.pack_to)
+            try:
+                tarcreat = {'.tar': '-cf',
+                            '.gz': '-czf',
+                            '.bz2': '-cjf',
+                            '.tgz': '-czf',
+                            '.tbz': '-cjf'}[comp]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise CreatorError("Unsupported comression for this image type:"
+                                   " '%s', try '.tar', '.tar.gz', etc" % comp)
+
+            dst = os.path.join(destdir, self.pack_to)
+            msger.info("Pack rootfs to %s. Please wait..." % dst)
+
+            tar = find_binary_path('tar')
+            tar_cmdline = [tar, "--numeric-owner",
+                                "--preserve-permissions",
+                                "--preserve-order",
+                                "--one-file-system",
+                                "--directory",
+                                self._instroot]
+            for ignore_entry in ignores:
+                if ignore_entry.startswith('/'):
+                    ignore_entry = ignore_entry[1:]
+
+                tar_cmdline.append("--exclude=%s" % (ignore_entry))
+
+            tar_cmdline.extend([tarcreat, dst, "."])
+
+            rc = runner.show(tar_cmdline)
+            if rc:
+                raise CreatorError("Failed compress image with tar.bz2. "
+                                   "Cmdline: %s" % (" ".join(tar_cmdline)))
+
+            self.outimage.append(dst)
+
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/imager/livecd.py b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/livecd.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a992ee0706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/livecd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,750 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os, sys
+import glob
+import shutil
+
+from mic import kickstart, msger
+from mic.utils import fs_related, rpmmisc, runner, misc
+from mic.utils.errors import CreatorError
+from mic.imager.loop import LoopImageCreator
+
+
+class LiveImageCreatorBase(LoopImageCreator):
+    """A base class for LiveCD image creators.
+
+        This class serves as a base class for the architecture-specific LiveCD
+        image creator subclass, LiveImageCreator.
+
+        LiveImageCreator creates a bootable ISO containing the system image,
+        bootloader, bootloader configuration, kernel and initramfs.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, creatoropts = None, pkgmgr = None):
+        """Initialise a LiveImageCreator instance.
+
+           This method takes the same arguments as ImageCreator.__init__().
+        """
+        LoopImageCreator.__init__(self, creatoropts, pkgmgr)
+
+        #Controls whether to use squashfs to compress the image.
+        self.skip_compression = False
+
+        #Controls whether an image minimizing snapshot should be created.
+        #
+        #This snapshot can be used when copying the system image from the ISO in
+        #order to minimize the amount of data that needs to be copied; simply,
+        #it makes it possible to create a version of the image's filesystem with
+        #no spare space.
+        self.skip_minimize = False
+
+        #A flag which indicates i act as a convertor default false
+        self.actasconvertor = False
+
+        #The bootloader timeout from kickstart.
+        if self.ks:
+            self._timeout = kickstart.get_timeout(self.ks, 10)
+        else:
+            self._timeout = 10
+
+        #The default kernel type from kickstart.
+        if self.ks:
+            self._default_kernel = kickstart.get_default_kernel(self.ks,
+                                                                "kernel")
+        else:
+            self._default_kernel = None
+
+        if self.ks:
+            parts = kickstart.get_partitions(self.ks)
+            if len(parts) > 1:
+                raise CreatorError("Can't support multi partitions in ks file "
+                                   "for this image type")
+            # FIXME: rename rootfs img to self.name,
+            # else can't find files when create iso
+            self._instloops[0]['name'] = self.name + ".img"
+
+        self.__isodir = None
+
+        self.__modules = ["=ata",
+                          "sym53c8xx",
+                          "aic7xxx",
+                          "=usb",
+                          "=firewire",
+                          "=mmc",
+                          "=pcmcia",
+                          "mptsas"]
+        if self.ks:
+            self.__modules.extend(kickstart.get_modules(self.ks))
+
+        self._dep_checks.extend(["isohybrid",
+                                 "unsquashfs",
+                                 "mksquashfs",
+                                 "dd",
+                                 "genisoimage"])
+
+    #
+    # Hooks for subclasses
+    #
+    def _configure_bootloader(self, isodir):
+        """Create the architecture specific booloader configuration.
+
+            This is the hook where subclasses must create the booloader
+            configuration in order to allow a bootable ISO to be built.
+
+            isodir -- the directory where the contents of the ISO are to
+                      be staged
+        """
+        raise CreatorError("Bootloader configuration is arch-specific, "
+                           "but not implemented for this arch!")
+    def _get_menu_options(self):
+        """Return a menu options string for syslinux configuration.
+        """
+        if self.ks is None:
+            return "liveinst autoinst"
+        r = kickstart.get_menu_args(self.ks)
+        return r
+
+    def _get_kernel_options(self):
+        """Return a kernel options string for bootloader configuration.
+
+            This is the hook where subclasses may specify a set of kernel
+            options which should be included in the images bootloader
+            configuration.
+
+            A sensible default implementation is provided.
+        """
+
+        if self.ks is None:
+            r = "ro rd.live.image"
+        else:
+            r = kickstart.get_kernel_args(self.ks)
+
+        return r
+
+    def _get_mkisofs_options(self, isodir):
+        """Return the architecture specific mkisosfs options.
+
+            This is the hook where subclasses may specify additional arguments
+            to mkisofs, e.g. to enable a bootable ISO to be built.
+
+            By default, an empty list is returned.
+        """
+        return []
+
+    #
+    # Helpers for subclasses
+    #
+    def _has_checkisomd5(self):
+        """Check whether checkisomd5 is available in the install root."""
+        def _exists(path):
+            return os.path.exists(self._instroot + path)
+
+        if _exists("/usr/bin/checkisomd5") and os.path.exists("/usr/bin/implantisomd5"):
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def __restore_file(self,path):
+        try:
+            os.unlink(path)
+        except:
+            pass
+        if os.path.exists(path + '.rpmnew'):
+            os.rename(path + '.rpmnew', path)
+
+    def _mount_instroot(self, base_on = None):
+        LoopImageCreator._mount_instroot(self, base_on)
+        self.__write_initrd_conf(self._instroot + "/etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd")
+        self.__write_dracut_conf(self._instroot + "/etc/dracut.conf.d/02livecd.conf")
+
+    def _unmount_instroot(self):
+        self.__restore_file(self._instroot + "/etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd")
+        self.__restore_file(self._instroot + "/etc/dracut.conf.d/02livecd.conf")
+        LoopImageCreator._unmount_instroot(self)
+
+    def __ensure_isodir(self):
+        if self.__isodir is None:
+            self.__isodir = self._mkdtemp("iso-")
+        return self.__isodir
+
+    def _get_isodir(self):
+        return self.__ensure_isodir()
+
+    def _set_isodir(self, isodir = None):
+        self.__isodir = isodir
+
+    def _create_bootconfig(self):
+        """Configure the image so that it's bootable."""
+        self._configure_bootloader(self.__ensure_isodir())
+
+    def _get_post_scripts_env(self, in_chroot):
+        env = LoopImageCreator._get_post_scripts_env(self, in_chroot)
+
+        if not in_chroot:
+            env["LIVE_ROOT"] = self.__ensure_isodir()
+
+        return env
+    def __write_dracut_conf(self, path):
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(path)):
+            fs_related.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
+        f = open(path, "a")
+        f.write('add_dracutmodules+=" dmsquash-live pollcdrom "')
+        f.close()
+
+    def __write_initrd_conf(self, path):
+        content = ""
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(path)):
+            fs_related.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
+        f = open(path, "w")
+
+        content += 'LIVEOS="yes"\n'
+        content += 'PROBE="no"\n'
+        content += 'MODULES+="squashfs ext3 ext2 vfat msdos "\n'
+        content += 'MODULES+="sr_mod sd_mod ide-cd cdrom "\n'
+
+        for module in self.__modules:
+            if module == "=usb":
+                content += 'MODULES+="ehci_hcd uhci_hcd ohci_hcd "\n'
+                content += 'MODULES+="usb_storage usbhid "\n'
+            elif module == "=firewire":
+                content += 'MODULES+="firewire-sbp2 firewire-ohci "\n'
+                content += 'MODULES+="sbp2 ohci1394 ieee1394 "\n'
+            elif module == "=mmc":
+                content += 'MODULES+="mmc_block sdhci sdhci-pci "\n'
+            elif module == "=pcmcia":
+                content += 'MODULES+="pata_pcmcia  "\n'
+            else:
+                content += 'MODULES+="' + module + ' "\n'
+        f.write(content)
+        f.close()
+
+    def __create_iso(self, isodir):
+        iso = self._outdir + "/" + self.name + ".iso"
+        genisoimage = fs_related.find_binary_path("genisoimage")
+        args = [genisoimage,
+                "-J", "-r",
+                "-hide-rr-moved", "-hide-joliet-trans-tbl",
+                "-V", self.fslabel,
+                "-o", iso]
+
+        args.extend(self._get_mkisofs_options(isodir))
+
+        args.append(isodir)
+
+        if runner.show(args) != 0:
+            raise CreatorError("ISO creation failed!")
+
+        """ It should be ok still even if you haven't isohybrid """
+        isohybrid = None
+        try:
+            isohybrid = fs_related.find_binary_path("isohybrid")
+        except:
+            pass
+
+        if isohybrid:
+            args = [isohybrid, "-partok", iso ]
+            if runner.show(args) != 0:
+                raise CreatorError("Hybrid ISO creation failed!")
+
+        self.__implant_md5sum(iso)
+
+    def __implant_md5sum(self, iso):
+        """Implant an isomd5sum."""
+        if os.path.exists("/usr/bin/implantisomd5"):
+            implantisomd5 = "/usr/bin/implantisomd5"
+        else:
+            msger.warning("isomd5sum not installed; not setting up mediacheck")
+            implantisomd5 = ""
+            return
+
+        runner.show([implantisomd5, iso])
+
+    def _stage_final_image(self):
+        try:
+            fs_related.makedirs(self.__ensure_isodir() + "/LiveOS")
+
+            minimal_size = self._resparse()
+
+            if not self.skip_minimize:
+                fs_related.create_image_minimizer(self.__isodir + \
+                                                      "/LiveOS/osmin.img",
+                                                  self._image,
+                                                  minimal_size)
+
+            if self.skip_compression:
+                shutil.move(self._image, self.__isodir + "/LiveOS/ext3fs.img")
+            else:
+                fs_related.makedirs(os.path.join(
+                                        os.path.dirname(self._image),
+                                        "LiveOS"))
+                shutil.move(self._image,
+                            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(self._image),
+                                         "LiveOS", "ext3fs.img"))
+                fs_related.mksquashfs(os.path.dirname(self._image),
+                           self.__isodir + "/LiveOS/squashfs.img")
+
+            self.__create_iso(self.__isodir)
+
+            if self.pack_to:
+                isoimg = os.path.join(self._outdir, self.name + ".iso")
+                packimg = os.path.join(self._outdir, self.pack_to)
+                misc.packing(packimg, isoimg)
+                os.unlink(isoimg)
+
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(self.__isodir, ignore_errors = True)
+            self.__isodir = None
+
+class x86LiveImageCreator(LiveImageCreatorBase):
+    """ImageCreator for x86 machines"""
+    def _get_mkisofs_options(self, isodir):
+        return [ "-b", "isolinux/isolinux.bin",
+                 "-c", "isolinux/boot.cat",
+                 "-no-emul-boot", "-boot-info-table",
+                 "-boot-load-size", "4" ]
+
+    def _get_required_packages(self):
+        return ["syslinux", "syslinux-extlinux"] + \
+               LiveImageCreatorBase._get_required_packages(self)
+
+    def _get_isolinux_stanzas(self, isodir):
+        return ""
+
+    def __find_syslinux_menu(self):
+        for menu in ["vesamenu.c32", "menu.c32"]:
+            if os.path.isfile(self._instroot + "/usr/share/syslinux/" + menu):
+                return menu
+
+        raise CreatorError("syslinux not installed : "
+                           "no suitable /usr/share/syslinux/*menu.c32 found")
+
+    def __find_syslinux_mboot(self):
+        #
+        # We only need the mboot module if we have any xen hypervisors
+        #
+        if not glob.glob(self._instroot + "/boot/xen.gz*"):
+            return None
+
+        return "mboot.c32"
+
+    def __copy_syslinux_files(self, isodir, menu, mboot = None):
+        files = ["isolinux.bin", menu]
+        if mboot:
+            files += [mboot]
+
+        for f in files:
+            path = self._instroot + "/usr/share/syslinux/" + f
+
+            if not os.path.isfile(path):
+                raise CreatorError("syslinux not installed : "
+                                   "%s not found" % path)
+
+            shutil.copy(path, isodir + "/isolinux/")
+
+    def __copy_syslinux_background(self, isodest):
+        background_path = self._instroot + \
+                          "/usr/share/branding/default/syslinux/syslinux-vesa-splash.jpg"
+
+        if not os.path.exists(background_path):
+            return False
+
+        shutil.copyfile(background_path, isodest)
+
+        return True
+
+    def __copy_kernel_and_initramfs(self, isodir, version, index):
+        bootdir = self._instroot + "/boot"
+        isDracut = False
+
+        if self._alt_initrd_name:
+            src_initrd_path = os.path.join(bootdir, self._alt_initrd_name)
+        else:
+            if os.path.exists(bootdir + "/initramfs-" + version + ".img"):
+                src_initrd_path = os.path.join(bootdir, "initramfs-" +version+ ".img")
+                isDracut = True
+            else:
+                src_initrd_path = os.path.join(bootdir, "initrd-" +version+ ".img")
+
+        try:
+            msger.debug("copy %s to %s" % (bootdir + "/vmlinuz-" + version, isodir + "/isolinux/vmlinuz" + index))
+            shutil.copyfile(bootdir + "/vmlinuz-" + version,
+                    isodir + "/isolinux/vmlinuz" + index)
+
+            msger.debug("copy %s to %s" % (src_initrd_path, isodir + "/isolinux/initrd" + index + ".img"))
+            shutil.copyfile(src_initrd_path,
+                            isodir + "/isolinux/initrd" + index + ".img")
+        except:
+            raise CreatorError("Unable to copy valid kernels or initrds, "
+                               "please check the repo.")
+
+        is_xen = False
+        if os.path.exists(bootdir + "/xen.gz-" + version[:-3]):
+            shutil.copyfile(bootdir + "/xen.gz-" + version[:-3],
+                            isodir + "/isolinux/xen" + index + ".gz")
+            is_xen = True
+
+        return (is_xen,isDracut)
+
+    def __is_default_kernel(self, kernel, kernels):
+        if len(kernels) == 1:
+            return True
+
+        if kernel == self._default_kernel:
+            return True
+
+        if kernel.startswith("kernel-") and kernel[7:] == self._default_kernel:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def __get_basic_syslinux_config(self, **args):
+        return """
+default %(menu)s
+timeout %(timeout)d
+
+%(background)s
+menu title Welcome to %(distroname)s!
+menu color border 0 #ffffffff #00000000
+menu color sel 7 #ff000000 #ffffffff
+menu color title 0 #ffffffff #00000000
+menu color tabmsg 0 #ffffffff #00000000
+menu color unsel 0 #ffffffff #00000000
+menu color hotsel 0 #ff000000 #ffffffff
+menu color hotkey 7 #ffffffff #ff000000
+menu color timeout_msg 0 #ffffffff #00000000
+menu color timeout 0 #ffffffff #00000000
+menu color cmdline 0 #ffffffff #00000000
+menu hidden
+menu clear
+""" % args
+
+    def __get_image_stanza(self, is_xen, isDracut, **args):
+        if isDracut:
+            args["rootlabel"] = "live:CDLABEL=%(fslabel)s" % args
+        else:
+            args["rootlabel"] = "CDLABEL=%(fslabel)s" % args
+        if not is_xen:
+            template = """label %(short)s
+  menu label %(long)s
+  kernel vmlinuz%(index)s
+  append initrd=initrd%(index)s.img root=%(rootlabel)s rootfstype=iso9660 %(liveargs)s %(extra)s
+"""
+        else:
+            template = """label %(short)s
+  menu label %(long)s
+  kernel mboot.c32
+  append xen%(index)s.gz --- vmlinuz%(index)s root=%(rootlabel)s rootfstype=iso9660 %(liveargs)s %(extra)s --- initrd%(index)s.img
+"""
+        return template % args
+
+    def __get_image_stanzas(self, isodir):
+        versions = []
+        kernels = self._get_kernel_versions()
+        for kernel in kernels:
+            for version in kernels[kernel]:
+                versions.append(version)
+
+        if not versions:
+            raise CreatorError("Unable to find valid kernels, "
+                               "please check the repo")
+
+        kernel_options = self._get_kernel_options()
+
+        """ menu can be customized highly, the format is:
+
+          short_name1:long_name1:extra_opts1;short_name2:long_name2:extra_opts2
+
+        e.g.: autoinst:InstallationOnly:systemd.unit=installer-graphical.service
+        but in order to keep compatible with old format, these are still ok:
+
+              liveinst autoinst
+              liveinst;autoinst
+              liveinst::;autoinst::
+        """
+        oldmenus = {"basic": {
+                        "short": "basic",
+                        "long": "Installation Only (Text based)",
+                        "extra": "basic nosplash 4"
+                    },
+                    "liveinst": {
+                        "short": "liveinst",
+                        "long": "Installation Only",
+                        "extra": "liveinst nosplash 4"
+                    },
+                    "autoinst": {
+                        "short": "autoinst",
+                        "long": "Autoinstall (Deletes all existing content)",
+                        "extra": "autoinst nosplash 4"
+                    },
+                    "netinst": {
+                        "short": "netinst",
+                        "long": "Network Installation",
+                        "extra": "netinst 4"
+                    },
+                    "verify": {
+                        "short": "check",
+                        "long": "Verify and",
+                        "extra": "check"
+                    }
+                   }
+        menu_options = self._get_menu_options()
+        menus = menu_options.split(";")
+        for i in range(len(menus)):
+            menus[i] = menus[i].split(":")
+        if len(menus) == 1 and len(menus[0]) == 1:
+            """ Keep compatible with the old usage way """
+            menus = menu_options.split()
+            for i in range(len(menus)):
+                menus[i] = [menus[i]]
+
+        cfg = ""
+
+        default_version = None
+        default_index = None
+        index = "0"
+        netinst = None
+        for version in versions:
+            (is_xen, isDracut) = self.__copy_kernel_and_initramfs(isodir, version, index)
+            if index == "0":
+                self._isDracut = isDracut
+
+            default = self.__is_default_kernel(kernel, kernels)
+
+            if default:
+                long = "Boot %s" % self.distro_name
+            elif kernel.startswith("kernel-"):
+                long = "Boot %s(%s)" % (self.name, kernel[7:])
+            else:
+                long = "Boot %s(%s)" % (self.name, kernel)
+
+            oldmenus["verify"]["long"] = "%s %s" % (oldmenus["verify"]["long"],
+                                                    long)
+            # tell dracut not to ask for LUKS passwords or activate mdraid sets
+            if isDracut:
+                kern_opts = kernel_options + " rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0"
+            else:
+                kern_opts = kernel_options
+
+            cfg += self.__get_image_stanza(is_xen, isDracut,
+                                           fslabel = self.fslabel,
+                                           liveargs = kern_opts,
+                                           long = long,
+                                           short = "linux" + index,
+                                           extra = "",
+                                           index = index)
+
+            if default:
+                cfg += "menu default\n"
+                default_version = version
+                default_index = index
+
+            for menu in menus:
+                if not menu[0]:
+                    continue
+                short = menu[0] + index
+
+                if len(menu) >= 2:
+                    long = menu[1]
+                else:
+                    if menu[0] in oldmenus.keys():
+                        if menu[0] == "verify" and not self._has_checkisomd5():
+                            continue
+                        if menu[0] == "netinst":
+                            netinst = oldmenus[menu[0]]
+                            continue
+                        long = oldmenus[menu[0]]["long"]
+                        extra = oldmenus[menu[0]]["extra"]
+                    else:
+                        long = short.upper() + " X" + index
+                        extra = ""
+
+                if len(menu) >= 3:
+                    extra = menu[2]
+
+                cfg += self.__get_image_stanza(is_xen, isDracut,
+                                               fslabel = self.fslabel,
+                                               liveargs = kernel_options,
+                                               long = long,
+                                               short = short,
+                                               extra = extra,
+                                               index = index)
+
+            index = str(int(index) + 1)
+
+        if not default_version:
+            default_version = versions[0]
+        if not default_index:
+            default_index = "0"
+
+        if netinst:
+            cfg += self.__get_image_stanza(is_xen, isDracut,
+                                           fslabel = self.fslabel,
+                                           liveargs = kernel_options,
+                                           long = netinst["long"],
+                                           short = netinst["short"],
+                                           extra = netinst["extra"],
+                                           index = default_index)
+
+        return cfg
+
+    def __get_memtest_stanza(self, isodir):
+        memtest = glob.glob(self._instroot + "/boot/memtest86*")
+        if not memtest:
+            return ""
+
+        shutil.copyfile(memtest[0], isodir + "/isolinux/memtest")
+
+        return """label memtest
+  menu label Memory Test
+  kernel memtest
+"""
+
+    def __get_local_stanza(self, isodir):
+        return """label local
+  menu label Boot from local drive
+  localboot 0xffff
+"""
+
+    def _configure_syslinux_bootloader(self, isodir):
+        """configure the boot loader"""
+        fs_related.makedirs(isodir + "/isolinux")
+
+        menu = self.__find_syslinux_menu()
+
+        self.__copy_syslinux_files(isodir, menu,
+                                   self.__find_syslinux_mboot())
+
+        background = ""
+        if self.__copy_syslinux_background(isodir + "/isolinux/splash.jpg"):
+            background = "menu background splash.jpg"
+
+        cfg = self.__get_basic_syslinux_config(menu = menu,
+                                               background = background,
+                                               name = self.name,
+                                               timeout = self._timeout * 10,
+                                               distroname = self.distro_name)
+
+        cfg += self.__get_image_stanzas(isodir)
+        cfg += self.__get_memtest_stanza(isodir)
+        cfg += self.__get_local_stanza(isodir)
+        cfg += self._get_isolinux_stanzas(isodir)
+
+        cfgf = open(isodir + "/isolinux/isolinux.cfg", "w")
+        cfgf.write(cfg)
+        cfgf.close()
+
+    def __copy_efi_files(self, isodir):
+        if not os.path.exists(self._instroot + "/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.efi"):
+            return False
+        shutil.copy(self._instroot + "/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.efi",
+                    isodir + "/EFI/boot/grub.efi")
+        shutil.copy(self._instroot + "/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz",
+                    isodir + "/EFI/boot/splash.xpm.gz")
+
+        return True
+
+    def __get_basic_efi_config(self, **args):
+        return """
+default=0
+splashimage=/EFI/boot/splash.xpm.gz
+timeout %(timeout)d
+hiddenmenu
+
+""" %args
+
+    def __get_efi_image_stanza(self, **args):
+        return """title %(long)s
+  kernel /EFI/boot/vmlinuz%(index)s root=CDLABEL=%(fslabel)s rootfstype=iso9660 %(liveargs)s %(extra)s
+  initrd /EFI/boot/initrd%(index)s.img
+""" %args
+
+    def __get_efi_image_stanzas(self, isodir, name):
+        # FIXME: this only supports one kernel right now...
+
+        kernel_options = self._get_kernel_options()
+        checkisomd5 = self._has_checkisomd5()
+
+        cfg = ""
+
+        for index in range(0, 9):
+            # we don't support xen kernels
+            if os.path.exists("%s/EFI/boot/xen%d.gz" %(isodir, index)):
+                continue
+            cfg += self.__get_efi_image_stanza(fslabel = self.fslabel,
+                                               liveargs = kernel_options,
+                                               long = name,
+                                               extra = "", index = index)
+            if checkisomd5:
+                cfg += self.__get_efi_image_stanza(
+                                               fslabel = self.fslabel,
+                                               liveargs = kernel_options,
+                                               long = "Verify and Boot " + name,
+                                               extra = "check",
+                                               index = index)
+            break
+
+        return cfg
+
+    def _configure_efi_bootloader(self, isodir):
+        """Set up the configuration for an EFI bootloader"""
+        fs_related.makedirs(isodir + "/EFI/boot")
+
+        if not self.__copy_efi_files(isodir):
+            shutil.rmtree(isodir + "/EFI")
+            return
+
+        for f in os.listdir(isodir + "/isolinux"):
+            os.link("%s/isolinux/%s" %(isodir, f),
+                    "%s/EFI/boot/%s" %(isodir, f))
+
+
+        cfg = self.__get_basic_efi_config(name = self.name,
+                                          timeout = self._timeout)
+        cfg += self.__get_efi_image_stanzas(isodir, self.name)
+
+        cfgf = open(isodir + "/EFI/boot/grub.conf", "w")
+        cfgf.write(cfg)
+        cfgf.close()
+
+        # first gen mactel machines get the bootloader name wrong apparently
+        if rpmmisc.getBaseArch() == "i386":
+            os.link(isodir + "/EFI/boot/grub.efi",
+                    isodir + "/EFI/boot/boot.efi")
+            os.link(isodir + "/EFI/boot/grub.conf",
+                    isodir + "/EFI/boot/boot.conf")
+
+        # for most things, we want them named boot$efiarch
+        efiarch = {"i386": "ia32", "x86_64": "x64"}
+        efiname = efiarch[rpmmisc.getBaseArch()]
+        os.rename(isodir + "/EFI/boot/grub.efi",
+                  isodir + "/EFI/boot/boot%s.efi" %(efiname,))
+        os.link(isodir + "/EFI/boot/grub.conf",
+                isodir + "/EFI/boot/boot%s.conf" %(efiname,))
+
+
+    def _configure_bootloader(self, isodir):
+        self._configure_syslinux_bootloader(isodir)
+        self._configure_efi_bootloader(isodir)
+
+arch = rpmmisc.getBaseArch()
+if arch in ("i386", "x86_64"):
+    LiveCDImageCreator = x86LiveImageCreator
+elif arch.startswith("arm"):
+    LiveCDImageCreator = LiveImageCreatorBase
+else:
+    raise CreatorError("Architecture not supported!")
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/imager/liveusb.py b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/liveusb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a909928a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/liveusb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import re
+
+from mic import msger
+from mic.utils import misc, fs_related, runner
+from mic.utils.errors import CreatorError, MountError
+from mic.utils.partitionedfs import PartitionedMount
+from mic.imager.livecd import LiveCDImageCreator
+
+
+class LiveUSBImageCreator(LiveCDImageCreator):
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        LiveCDImageCreator.__init__(self, *args)
+
+        self._dep_checks.extend(["kpartx", "parted"])
+
+        # remove dependency of genisoimage in parent class
+        if "genisoimage" in self._dep_checks:
+            self._dep_checks.remove("genisoimage")
+
+    def _create_usbimg(self, isodir):
+        overlaysizemb = 64 #default
+        #skipcompress = self.skip_compression?
+        fstype = "vfat"
+        homesizemb=0
+        swapsizemb=0
+        homefile="home.img"
+        plussize=128
+        kernelargs=None
+
+        if fstype == 'vfat':
+            if overlaysizemb > 2047:
+                raise CreatorError("Can't have an overlay of 2048MB or "
+                                   "greater on VFAT")
+
+            if homesizemb > 2047:
+                raise CreatorError("Can't have an home overlay of 2048MB or "
+                                   "greater on VFAT")
+
+            if swapsizemb > 2047:
+                raise CreatorError("Can't have an swap overlay of 2048MB or "
+                                   "greater on VFAT")
+
+        livesize = misc.get_file_size(isodir + "/LiveOS")
+
+        usbimgsize = (overlaysizemb + \
+                      homesizemb + \
+                      swapsizemb + \
+                      livesize + \
+                      plussize) * 1024L * 1024L
+
+        disk = fs_related.SparseLoopbackDisk("%s/%s.usbimg" \
+                                                 % (self._outdir, self.name),
+                                             usbimgsize)
+        usbmnt = self._mkdtemp("usb-mnt")
+        usbloop = PartitionedMount(usbmnt)
+        usbloop.add_disk('/dev/sdb', disk)
+
+        usbloop.add_partition(usbimgsize/1024/1024,
+                              "/dev/sdb",
+                              "/",
+                              fstype,
+                              boot=True)
+
+        usbloop.mount()
+
+        try:
+            fs_related.makedirs(usbmnt + "/LiveOS")
+
+            if os.path.exists(isodir + "/LiveOS/squashfs.img"):
+                shutil.copyfile(isodir + "/LiveOS/squashfs.img",
+                                usbmnt + "/LiveOS/squashfs.img")
+            else:
+                fs_related.mksquashfs(os.path.dirname(self._image),
+                                      usbmnt + "/LiveOS/squashfs.img")
+
+            if os.path.exists(isodir + "/LiveOS/osmin.img"):
+                shutil.copyfile(isodir + "/LiveOS/osmin.img",
+                                usbmnt + "/LiveOS/osmin.img")
+
+            if fstype == "vfat" or fstype == "msdos":
+                uuid = usbloop.partitions[0]['mount'].uuid
+                label = usbloop.partitions[0]['mount'].fslabel
+                usblabel = "UUID=%s-%s" % (uuid[0:4], uuid[4:8])
+                overlaysuffix = "-%s-%s-%s" % (label, uuid[0:4], uuid[4:8])
+            else:
+                diskmount = usbloop.partitions[0]['mount']
+                usblabel = "UUID=%s" % diskmount.uuid
+                overlaysuffix = "-%s-%s" % (diskmount.fslabel, diskmount.uuid)
+
+            args = ['cp', "-Rf", isodir + "/isolinux", usbmnt + "/syslinux"]
+            rc = runner.show(args)
+            if rc:
+                raise CreatorError("Can't copy isolinux directory %s" \
+                                   % (isodir + "/isolinux/*"))
+
+            if os.path.isfile("/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin"):
+                syslinux_path = "/usr/share/syslinux"
+            elif  os.path.isfile("/usr/lib/syslinux/isolinux.bin"):
+                syslinux_path = "/usr/lib/syslinux"
+            else:
+                raise CreatorError("syslinux not installed : "
+                                   "cannot find syslinux installation path")
+
+            for f in ("isolinux.bin", "vesamenu.c32"):
+                path = os.path.join(syslinux_path, f)
+                if os.path.isfile(path):
+                    args = ['cp', path, usbmnt + "/syslinux/"]
+                    rc = runner.show(args)
+                    if rc:
+                        raise CreatorError("Can't copy syslinux file " + path)
+                else:
+                    raise CreatorError("syslinux not installed: "
+                                       "syslinux file %s not found" % path)
+
+            fd = open(isodir + "/isolinux/isolinux.cfg", "r")
+            text = fd.read()
+            fd.close()
+            pattern = re.compile('CDLABEL=[^ ]*')
+            text = pattern.sub(usblabel, text)
+            pattern = re.compile('rootfstype=[^ ]*')
+            text = pattern.sub("rootfstype=" + fstype, text)
+            if kernelargs:
+                text = text.replace("rd.live.image", "rd.live.image " + kernelargs)
+
+            if overlaysizemb > 0:
+                msger.info("Initializing persistent overlay file")
+                overfile = "overlay" + overlaysuffix
+                if fstype == "vfat":
+                    args = ['dd',
+                            "if=/dev/zero",
+                            "of=" + usbmnt + "/LiveOS/" + overfile,
+                            "count=%d" % overlaysizemb,
+                            "bs=1M"]
+                else:
+                    args = ['dd',
+                            "if=/dev/null",
+                            "of=" + usbmnt + "/LiveOS/" + overfile,
+                            "count=1",
+                            "bs=1M",
+                            "seek=%d" % overlaysizemb]
+                rc = runner.show(args)
+                if rc:
+                    raise CreatorError("Can't create overlay file")
+                text = text.replace("rd.live.image", "rd.live.image rd.live.overlay=" + usblabel)
+                text = text.replace(" ro ", " rw ")
+
+            if swapsizemb > 0:
+                msger.info("Initializing swap file")
+                swapfile = usbmnt + "/LiveOS/" + "swap.img"
+                args = ['dd',
+                        "if=/dev/zero",
+                        "of=" + swapfile,
+                        "count=%d" % swapsizemb,
+                        "bs=1M"]
+                rc = runner.show(args)
+                if rc:
+                    raise CreatorError("Can't create swap file")
+                args = ["mkswap", "-f", swapfile]
+                rc = runner.show(args)
+                if rc:
+                    raise CreatorError("Can't mkswap on swap file")
+
+            if homesizemb > 0:
+                msger.info("Initializing persistent /home")
+                homefile = usbmnt + "/LiveOS/" + homefile
+                if fstype == "vfat":
+                    args = ['dd',
+                            "if=/dev/zero",
+                            "of=" + homefile,
+                            "count=%d" % homesizemb,
+                            "bs=1M"]
+                else:
+                    args = ['dd',
+                            "if=/dev/null",
+                            "of=" + homefile,
+                            "count=1",
+                            "bs=1M",
+                            "seek=%d" % homesizemb]
+                rc = runner.show(args)
+                if rc:
+                    raise CreatorError("Can't create home file")
+
+                mkfscmd = fs_related.find_binary_path("/sbin/mkfs." + fstype)
+                if fstype == "ext2" or fstype == "ext3":
+                    args = [mkfscmd, "-F", "-j", homefile]
+                else:
+                    args = [mkfscmd, homefile]
+                rc = runner.show(args)
+                if rc:
+                    raise CreatorError("Can't mke2fs home file")
+                if fstype == "ext2" or fstype == "ext3":
+                    tune2fs = fs_related.find_binary_path("tune2fs")
+                    args = [tune2fs,
+                            "-c0",
+                            "-i0",
+                            "-ouser_xattr,acl",
+                            homefile]
+                    rc = runner.show(args)
+                    if rc:
+                        raise CreatorError("Can't tune2fs home file")
+
+            if fstype == "vfat" or fstype == "msdos":
+                syslinuxcmd = fs_related.find_binary_path("syslinux")
+                syslinuxcfg = usbmnt + "/syslinux/syslinux.cfg"
+                args = [syslinuxcmd,
+                        "-d",
+                        "syslinux",
+                        usbloop.partitions[0]["device"]]
+
+            elif fstype == "ext2" or fstype == "ext3":
+                extlinuxcmd = fs_related.find_binary_path("extlinux")
+                syslinuxcfg = usbmnt + "/syslinux/extlinux.conf"
+                args = [extlinuxcmd,
+                        "-i",
+                        usbmnt + "/syslinux"]
+
+            else:
+                raise CreatorError("Invalid file system type: %s" % (fstype))
+
+            os.unlink(usbmnt + "/syslinux/isolinux.cfg")
+            fd = open(syslinuxcfg, "w")
+            fd.write(text)
+            fd.close()
+            rc = runner.show(args)
+            if rc:
+                raise CreatorError("Can't install boot loader.")
+
+        finally:
+            usbloop.unmount()
+            usbloop.cleanup()
+
+        # Need to do this after image is unmounted and device mapper is closed
+        msger.info("set MBR")
+        mbrfile = "/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin"
+        if not os.path.exists(mbrfile):
+            mbrfile = "/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin"
+            if not os.path.exists(mbrfile):
+                raise CreatorError("mbr.bin file didn't exist.")
+        mbrsize = os.path.getsize(mbrfile)
+        outimg = "%s/%s.usbimg" % (self._outdir, self.name)
+
+        args = ['dd',
+                "if=" + mbrfile,
+                "of=" + outimg,
+                "seek=0",
+                "conv=notrunc",
+                "bs=1",
+                "count=%d" % (mbrsize)]
+        rc = runner.show(args)
+        if rc:
+            raise CreatorError("Can't set MBR.")
+
+    def _stage_final_image(self):
+        try:
+            isodir = self._get_isodir()
+            fs_related.makedirs(isodir + "/LiveOS")
+
+            minimal_size = self._resparse()
+
+            if not self.skip_minimize:
+                fs_related.create_image_minimizer(isodir + "/LiveOS/osmin.img",
+                                                  self._image,
+                                                  minimal_size)
+
+            if self.skip_compression:
+                shutil.move(self._image,
+                            isodir + "/LiveOS/ext3fs.img")
+            else:
+                fs_related.makedirs(os.path.join(
+                                        os.path.dirname(self._image),
+                                        "LiveOS"))
+                shutil.move(self._image,
+                            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(self._image),
+                                         "LiveOS", "ext3fs.img"))
+                fs_related.mksquashfs(os.path.dirname(self._image),
+                           isodir + "/LiveOS/squashfs.img")
+
+                self._create_usbimg(isodir)
+
+                if self.pack_to:
+                    usbimg = os.path.join(self._outdir, self.name + ".usbimg")
+                    packimg = os.path.join(self._outdir, self.pack_to)
+                    misc.packing(packimg, usbimg)
+                    os.unlink(usbimg)
+
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(isodir, ignore_errors = True)
+            self._set_isodir(None)
+
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/imager/loop.py b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/loop.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d05ef271d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/loop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,418 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+import glob
+import shutil
+
+from mic import kickstart, msger
+from mic.utils.errors import CreatorError, MountError
+from mic.utils import misc, runner, fs_related as fs
+from mic.imager.baseimager import BaseImageCreator
+
+
+# The maximum string length supported for LoopImageCreator.fslabel
+FSLABEL_MAXLEN = 32
+
+
+def save_mountpoints(fpath, loops, arch = None):
+    """Save mount points mapping to file
+
+    :fpath, the xml file to store partition info
+    :loops, dict of partition info
+    :arch, image arch
+    """
+
+    if not fpath or not loops:
+        return
+
+    from xml.dom import minidom
+    doc = minidom.Document()
+    imgroot = doc.createElement("image")
+    doc.appendChild(imgroot)
+    if arch:
+        imgroot.setAttribute('arch', arch)
+    for loop in loops:
+        part = doc.createElement("partition")
+        imgroot.appendChild(part)
+        for (key, val) in loop.items():
+            if isinstance(val, fs.Mount):
+                continue
+            part.setAttribute(key, str(val))
+
+    with open(fpath, 'w') as wf:
+        wf.write(doc.toprettyxml(indent='  '))
+
+    return
+
+def load_mountpoints(fpath):
+    """Load mount points mapping from file
+
+    :fpath, file path to load
+    """
+
+    if not fpath:
+        return
+
+    from xml.dom import minidom
+    mount_maps = []
+    with open(fpath, 'r') as rf:
+        dom = minidom.parse(rf)
+    imgroot = dom.documentElement
+    for part in imgroot.getElementsByTagName("partition"):
+        p  = dict(part.attributes.items())
+
+        try:
+            mp = (p['mountpoint'], p['label'], p['name'],
+                  int(p['size']), p['fstype'])
+        except KeyError:
+            msger.warning("Wrong format line in file: %s" % fpath)
+        except ValueError:
+            msger.warning("Invalid size '%s' in file: %s" % (p['size'], fpath))
+        else:
+            mount_maps.append(mp)
+
+    return mount_maps
+
+class LoopImageCreator(BaseImageCreator):
+    """Installs a system into a loopback-mountable filesystem image.
+
+    LoopImageCreator is a straightforward ImageCreator subclass; the system
+    is installed into an ext3 filesystem on a sparse file which can be
+    subsequently loopback-mounted.
+
+    When specifying multiple partitions in kickstart file, each partition
+    will be created as a separated loop image.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, creatoropts=None, pkgmgr=None,
+                 compress_image=None,
+                 shrink_image=False):
+        """Initialize a LoopImageCreator instance.
+
+        This method takes the same arguments as ImageCreator.__init__()
+        with the addition of:
+
+        fslabel -- A string used as a label for any filesystems created.
+        """
+
+        BaseImageCreator.__init__(self, creatoropts, pkgmgr)
+
+        self.compress_image = compress_image
+        self.shrink_image = shrink_image
+
+        self.__fslabel = None
+        self.fslabel = self.name
+
+        self.__blocksize = 4096
+        if self.ks:
+            self.__fstype = kickstart.get_image_fstype(self.ks,
+                                                       "ext3")
+            self.__fsopts = kickstart.get_image_fsopts(self.ks,
+                                                       "defaults,noatime")
+
+            allloops = []
+            for part in sorted(kickstart.get_partitions(self.ks),
+                               key=lambda p: p.mountpoint):
+                if part.fstype == "swap":
+                    continue
+
+                label = part.label
+                mp = part.mountpoint
+                if mp == '/':
+                    # the base image
+                    if not label:
+                        label = self.name
+                else:
+                    mp = mp.rstrip('/')
+                    if not label:
+                        msger.warning('no "label" specified for loop img at %s'
+                                      ', use the mountpoint as the name' % mp)
+                        label = mp.split('/')[-1]
+
+                imgname = misc.strip_end(label, '.img') + '.img'
+                allloops.append({
+                    'mountpoint': mp,
+                    'label': label,
+                    'name': imgname,
+                    'size': part.size or 4096L * 1024 * 1024,
+                    'fstype': part.fstype or 'ext3',
+                    'extopts': part.extopts or None,
+                    'loop': None,  # to be created in _mount_instroot
+                    })
+            self._instloops = allloops
+
+        else:
+            self.__fstype = None
+            self.__fsopts = None
+            self._instloops = []
+
+        self.__imgdir = None
+
+        if self.ks:
+            self.__image_size = kickstart.get_image_size(self.ks,
+                                                         4096L * 1024 * 1024)
+        else:
+            self.__image_size = 0
+
+        self._img_name = self.name + ".img"
+
+    def get_image_names(self):
+        if not self._instloops:
+            return None
+
+        return [lo['name'] for lo in self._instloops]
+
+    def _set_fstype(self, fstype):
+        self.__fstype = fstype
+
+    def _set_image_size(self, imgsize):
+        self.__image_size = imgsize
+
+
+    #
+    # Properties
+    #
+    def __get_fslabel(self):
+        if self.__fslabel is None:
+            return self.name
+        else:
+            return self.__fslabel
+    def __set_fslabel(self, val):
+        if val is None:
+            self.__fslabel = None
+        else:
+            self.__fslabel = val[:FSLABEL_MAXLEN]
+    #A string used to label any filesystems created.
+    #
+    #Some filesystems impose a constraint on the maximum allowed size of the
+    #filesystem label. In the case of ext3 it's 16 characters, but in the case
+    #of ISO9660 it's 32 characters.
+    #
+    #mke2fs silently truncates the label, but mkisofs aborts if the label is
+    #too long. So, for convenience sake, any string assigned to this attribute
+    #is silently truncated to FSLABEL_MAXLEN (32) characters.
+    fslabel = property(__get_fslabel, __set_fslabel)
+
+    def __get_image(self):
+        if self.__imgdir is None:
+            raise CreatorError("_image is not valid before calling mount()")
+        return os.path.join(self.__imgdir, self._img_name)
+    #The location of the image file.
+    #
+    #This is the path to the filesystem image. Subclasses may use this path
+    #in order to package the image in _stage_final_image().
+    #
+    #Note, this directory does not exist before ImageCreator.mount() is called.
+    #
+    #Note also, this is a read-only attribute.
+    _image = property(__get_image)
+
+    def __get_blocksize(self):
+        return self.__blocksize
+    def __set_blocksize(self, val):
+        if self._instloops:
+            raise CreatorError("_blocksize must be set before calling mount()")
+        try:
+            self.__blocksize = int(val)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise CreatorError("'%s' is not a valid integer value "
+                               "for _blocksize" % val)
+    #The block size used by the image's filesystem.
+    #
+    #This is the block size used when creating the filesystem image. Subclasses
+    #may change this if they wish to use something other than a 4k block size.
+    #
+    #Note, this attribute may only be set before calling mount().
+    _blocksize = property(__get_blocksize, __set_blocksize)
+
+    def __get_fstype(self):
+        return self.__fstype
+    def __set_fstype(self, val):
+        if val != "ext2" and val != "ext3":
+            raise CreatorError("Unknown _fstype '%s' supplied" % val)
+        self.__fstype = val
+    #The type of filesystem used for the image.
+    #
+    #This is the filesystem type used when creating the filesystem image.
+    #Subclasses may change this if they wish to use something other ext3.
+    #
+    #Note, only ext2 and ext3 are currently supported.
+    #
+    #Note also, this attribute may only be set before calling mount().
+    _fstype = property(__get_fstype, __set_fstype)
+
+    def __get_fsopts(self):
+        return self.__fsopts
+    def __set_fsopts(self, val):
+        self.__fsopts = val
+    #Mount options of filesystem used for the image.
+    #
+    #This can be specified by --fsoptions="xxx,yyy" in part command in
+    #kickstart file.
+    _fsopts = property(__get_fsopts, __set_fsopts)
+
+
+    #
+    # Helpers for subclasses
+    #
+    def _resparse(self, size=None):
+        """Rebuild the filesystem image to be as sparse as possible.
+
+        This method should be used by subclasses when staging the final image
+        in order to reduce the actual space taken up by the sparse image file
+        to be as little as possible.
+
+        This is done by resizing the filesystem to the minimal size (thereby
+        eliminating any space taken up by deleted files) and then resizing it
+        back to the supplied size.
+
+        size -- the size in, in bytes, which the filesystem image should be
+                resized to after it has been minimized; this defaults to None,
+                causing the original size specified by the kickstart file to
+                be used (or 4GiB if not specified in the kickstart).
+        """
+        minsize = 0
+        for item in self._instloops:
+            if item['name'] == self._img_name:
+                minsize = item['loop'].resparse(size)
+            else:
+                item['loop'].resparse(size)
+
+        return minsize
+
+    def _base_on(self, base_on=None):
+        if base_on and self._image != base_on:
+            shutil.copyfile(base_on, self._image)
+
+    def _check_imgdir(self):
+        if self.__imgdir is None:
+            self.__imgdir = self._mkdtemp()
+
+
+    #
+    # Actual implementation
+    #
+    def _mount_instroot(self, base_on=None):
+
+        if base_on and os.path.isfile(base_on):
+            self.__imgdir = os.path.dirname(base_on)
+            imgname = os.path.basename(base_on)
+            self._base_on(base_on)
+            self._set_image_size(misc.get_file_size(self._image))
+
+            # here, self._instloops must be []
+            self._instloops.append({
+                 "mountpoint": "/",
+                 "label": self.name,
+                 "name": imgname,
+                 "size": self.__image_size or 4096L,
+                 "fstype": self.__fstype or "ext3",
+                 "extopts": None,
+                 "loop": None
+                 })
+
+        self._check_imgdir()
+
+        for loop in self._instloops:
+            fstype = loop['fstype']
+            mp = os.path.join(self._instroot, loop['mountpoint'].lstrip('/'))
+            size = loop['size'] * 1024L * 1024L
+            imgname = loop['name']
+
+            if fstype in ("ext2", "ext3", "ext4"):
+                MyDiskMount = fs.ExtDiskMount
+            elif fstype == "btrfs":
+                MyDiskMount = fs.BtrfsDiskMount
+            elif fstype in ("vfat", "msdos"):
+                MyDiskMount = fs.VfatDiskMount
+            else:
+                msger.error('Cannot support fstype: %s' % fstype)
+
+            loop['loop'] = MyDiskMount(fs.SparseLoopbackDisk(
+                                           os.path.join(self.__imgdir, imgname),
+                                           size),
+                                       mp,
+                                       fstype,
+                                       self._blocksize,
+                                       loop['label'])
+
+            if fstype in ("ext2", "ext3", "ext4"):
+                loop['loop'].extopts = loop['extopts']
+
+            try:
+                msger.verbose('Mounting image "%s" on "%s"' % (imgname, mp))
+                fs.makedirs(mp)
+                loop['loop'].mount()
+            except MountError, e:
+                raise
+
+    def _unmount_instroot(self):
+        for item in reversed(self._instloops):
+            try:
+                item['loop'].cleanup()
+            except:
+                pass
+
+    def _stage_final_image(self):
+
+        if self.pack_to or self.shrink_image:
+            self._resparse(0)
+        else:
+            self._resparse()
+
+        for item in self._instloops:
+            imgfile = os.path.join(self.__imgdir, item['name'])
+            if item['fstype'] == "ext4":
+                runner.show('/sbin/tune2fs -O ^huge_file,extents,uninit_bg %s '
+                            % imgfile)
+            if self.compress_image:
+                misc.compressing(imgfile, self.compress_image)
+
+        if not self.pack_to:
+            for item in os.listdir(self.__imgdir):
+                shutil.move(os.path.join(self.__imgdir, item),
+                            os.path.join(self._outdir, item))
+        else:
+            msger.info("Pack all loop images together to %s" % self.pack_to)
+            dstfile = os.path.join(self._outdir, self.pack_to)
+            misc.packing(dstfile, self.__imgdir)
+
+        if self.pack_to:
+            mountfp_xml = os.path.splitext(self.pack_to)[0]
+            mountfp_xml = misc.strip_end(mountfp_xml, '.tar') + ".xml"
+        else:
+            mountfp_xml = self.name + ".xml"
+        # save mount points mapping file to xml
+        save_mountpoints(os.path.join(self._outdir, mountfp_xml),
+                         self._instloops,
+                         self.target_arch)
+
+    def copy_attachment(self):
+        if not hasattr(self, '_attachment') or not self._attachment:
+            return
+
+        self._check_imgdir()
+
+        msger.info("Copying attachment files...")
+        for item in self._attachment:
+            if not os.path.exists(item):
+                continue
+            dpath = os.path.join(self.__imgdir, os.path.basename(item))
+            msger.verbose("Copy attachment %s to %s" % (item, dpath))
+            shutil.copy(item, dpath)
+
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/imager/raw.py b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/raw.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..838191a6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/imager/raw.py
@@ -0,0 +1,501 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+import stat
+import shutil
+
+from mic import kickstart, msger
+from mic.utils import fs_related, runner, misc
+from mic.utils.partitionedfs import PartitionedMount
+from mic.utils.errors import CreatorError, MountError
+from mic.imager.baseimager import BaseImageCreator
+
+
+class RawImageCreator(BaseImageCreator):
+    """Installs a system into a file containing a partitioned disk image.
+
+    ApplianceImageCreator is an advanced ImageCreator subclass; a sparse file
+    is formatted with a partition table, each partition loopback mounted
+    and the system installed into an virtual disk. The disk image can
+    subsequently be booted in a virtual machine or accessed with kpartx
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, creatoropts=None, pkgmgr=None, compress_image=None, generate_bmap=None, fstab_entry="uuid"):
+        """Initialize a ApplianceImageCreator instance.
+
+            This method takes the same arguments as ImageCreator.__init__()
+        """
+        BaseImageCreator.__init__(self, creatoropts, pkgmgr)
+
+        self.__instloop = None
+        self.__imgdir = None
+        self.__disks = {}
+        self.__disk_format = "raw"
+        self._disk_names = []
+        self._ptable_format = self.ks.handler.bootloader.ptable
+        self.vmem = 512
+        self.vcpu = 1
+        self.checksum = False
+        self.use_uuid = fstab_entry == "uuid"
+        self.appliance_version = None
+        self.appliance_release = None
+        self.compress_image = compress_image
+        self.bmap_needed = generate_bmap
+        self._need_extlinux = not kickstart.use_installerfw(self.ks, "extlinux")
+        #self.getsource = False
+        #self.listpkg = False
+
+        self._dep_checks.extend(["sync", "kpartx", "parted"])
+        if self._need_extlinux:
+            self._dep_checks.extend(["extlinux"])
+
+    def configure(self, repodata = None):
+        import subprocess
+        def chroot():
+            os.chroot(self._instroot)
+            os.chdir("/")
+
+        if os.path.exists(self._instroot + "/usr/bin/Xorg"):
+            subprocess.call(["/bin/chmod", "u+s", "/usr/bin/Xorg"],
+                            preexec_fn = chroot)
+
+        BaseImageCreator.configure(self, repodata)
+
+    def _get_fstab(self):
+        if kickstart.use_installerfw(self.ks, "fstab"):
+            # The fstab file will be generated by installer framework scripts
+            # instead.
+            return None
+
+        s = ""
+        for mp in self.__instloop.mountOrder:
+            p = None
+            for p1 in self.__instloop.partitions:
+                if p1['mountpoint'] == mp:
+                    p = p1
+                    break
+
+            if self.use_uuid and p['uuid']:
+                device = "UUID=%s" % p['uuid']
+            else:
+                device = "/dev/%s%-d" % (p['disk_name'], p['num'])
+
+            s += "%(device)s  %(mountpoint)s  %(fstype)s  %(fsopts)s 0 0\n" % {
+               'device': device,
+               'mountpoint': p['mountpoint'],
+               'fstype': p['fstype'],
+               'fsopts': "defaults,noatime" if not p['fsopts'] else p['fsopts']}
+
+            if p['mountpoint'] == "/":
+                for subvol in self.__instloop.subvolumes:
+                    if subvol['mountpoint'] == "/":
+                        continue
+                    s += "%(device)s  %(mountpoint)s  %(fstype)s  %(fsopts)s 0 0\n" % {
+                         'device': "/dev/%s%-d" % (p['disk_name'], p['num']),
+                         'mountpoint': subvol['mountpoint'],
+                         'fstype': p['fstype'],
+                         'fsopts': "defaults,noatime" if not subvol['fsopts'] else subvol['fsopts']}
+
+        s += "devpts     /dev/pts  devpts  gid=5,mode=620   0 0\n"
+        s += "tmpfs      /dev/shm  tmpfs   defaults         0 0\n"
+        s += "proc       /proc     proc    defaults         0 0\n"
+        s += "sysfs      /sys      sysfs   defaults         0 0\n"
+        return s
+
+    def _create_mkinitrd_config(self):
+        """write to tell which modules to be included in initrd"""
+
+        mkinitrd = ""
+        mkinitrd += "PROBE=\"no\"\n"
+        mkinitrd += "MODULES+=\"ext3 ata_piix sd_mod libata scsi_mod\"\n"
+        mkinitrd += "rootfs=\"ext3\"\n"
+        mkinitrd += "rootopts=\"defaults\"\n"
+
+        msger.debug("Writing mkinitrd config %s/etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd" \
+                    % self._instroot)
+        os.makedirs(self._instroot + "/etc/sysconfig/",mode=644)
+        cfg = open(self._instroot + "/etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd", "w")
+        cfg.write(mkinitrd)
+        cfg.close()
+
+    def _get_parts(self):
+        if not self.ks:
+            raise CreatorError("Failed to get partition info, "
+                               "please check your kickstart setting.")
+
+        # Set a default partition if no partition is given out
+        if not self.ks.handler.partition.partitions:
+            partstr = "part / --size 1900 --ondisk sda --fstype=ext3"
+            args = partstr.split()
+            pd = self.ks.handler.partition.parse(args[1:])
+            if pd not in self.ks.handler.partition.partitions:
+                self.ks.handler.partition.partitions.append(pd)
+
+        # partitions list from kickstart file
+        return kickstart.get_partitions(self.ks)
+
+    def get_disk_names(self):
+        """ Returns a list of physical target disk names (e.g., 'sdb') which
+        will be created. """
+
+        if self._disk_names:
+            return self._disk_names
+
+        #get partition info from ks handler
+        parts = self._get_parts()
+
+        for i in range(len(parts)):
+            if parts[i].disk:
+                disk_name = parts[i].disk
+            else:
+                raise CreatorError("Failed to create disks, no --ondisk "
+                                   "specified in partition line of ks file")
+
+            if parts[i].mountpoint and not parts[i].fstype:
+                raise CreatorError("Failed to create disks, no --fstype "
+                                    "specified for partition with mountpoint "
+                                    "'%s' in the ks file")
+
+            self._disk_names.append(disk_name)
+
+        return self._disk_names
+
+    def _full_name(self, name, extention):
+        """ Construct full file name for a file we generate. """
+        return "%s-%s.%s" % (self.name, name, extention)
+
+    def _full_path(self, path, name, extention):
+        """ Construct full file path to a file we generate. """
+        return os.path.join(path, self._full_name(name, extention))
+
+    #
+    # Actual implemention
+    #
+    def _mount_instroot(self, base_on = None):
+        parts = self._get_parts()
+        self.__instloop = PartitionedMount(self._instroot)
+
+        for p in parts:
+            self.__instloop.add_partition(int(p.size),
+                                          p.disk,
+                                          p.mountpoint,
+                                          p.fstype,
+                                          p.label,
+                                          fsopts = p.fsopts,
+                                          boot = p.active,
+                                          align = p.align,
+                                          part_type = p.part_type)
+
+        self.__instloop.layout_partitions(self._ptable_format)
+
+        # Create the disks
+        self.__imgdir = self._mkdtemp()
+        for disk_name, disk in self.__instloop.disks.items():
+            full_path = self._full_path(self.__imgdir, disk_name, "raw")
+            msger.debug("Adding disk %s as %s with size %s bytes" \
+                        % (disk_name, full_path, disk['min_size']))
+
+            disk_obj = fs_related.SparseLoopbackDisk(full_path,
+                                                     disk['min_size'])
+            self.__disks[disk_name] = disk_obj
+            self.__instloop.add_disk(disk_name, disk_obj)
+
+        self.__instloop.mount()
+        self._create_mkinitrd_config()
+
+    def _get_required_packages(self):
+        required_packages = BaseImageCreator._get_required_packages(self)
+        if self._need_extlinux:
+            if not self.target_arch or not self.target_arch.startswith("arm"):
+                required_packages += ["syslinux", "syslinux-extlinux"]
+        return required_packages
+
+    def _get_excluded_packages(self):
+        return BaseImageCreator._get_excluded_packages(self)
+
+    def _get_syslinux_boot_config(self):
+        rootdev = None
+        root_part_uuid = None
+        for p in self.__instloop.partitions:
+            if p['mountpoint'] == "/":
+                rootdev = "/dev/%s%-d" % (p['disk_name'], p['num'])
+                root_part_uuid = p['partuuid']
+
+        return (rootdev, root_part_uuid)
+
+    def _create_syslinux_config(self):
+
+        splash = os.path.join(self._instroot, "boot/extlinux")
+        if os.path.exists(splash):
+            splashline = "menu background splash.jpg"
+        else:
+            splashline = ""
+
+        (rootdev, root_part_uuid) = self._get_syslinux_boot_config()
+        options = self.ks.handler.bootloader.appendLine
+
+        #XXX don't hardcode default kernel - see livecd code
+        syslinux_conf = ""
+        syslinux_conf += "prompt 0\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "timeout 1\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "default vesamenu.c32\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu autoboot Starting %s...\n" % self.distro_name
+        syslinux_conf += "menu hidden\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "%s\n" % splashline
+        syslinux_conf += "menu title Welcome to %s!\n" % self.distro_name
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color border 0 #ffffffff #00000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color sel 7 #ffffffff #ff000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color title 0 #ffffffff #00000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color tabmsg 0 #ffffffff #00000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color unsel 0 #ffffffff #00000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color hotsel 0 #ff000000 #ffffffff\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color hotkey 7 #ffffffff #ff000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color timeout_msg 0 #ffffffff #00000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color timeout 0 #ffffffff #00000000\n"
+        syslinux_conf += "menu color cmdline 0 #ffffffff #00000000\n"
+
+        versions = []
+        kernels = self._get_kernel_versions()
+        symkern = "%s/boot/vmlinuz" % self._instroot
+
+        if os.path.lexists(symkern):
+            v = os.path.realpath(symkern).replace('%s-' % symkern, "")
+            syslinux_conf += "label %s\n" % self.distro_name.lower()
+            syslinux_conf += "\tmenu label %s (%s)\n" % (self.distro_name, v)
+            syslinux_conf += "\tlinux ../vmlinuz\n"
+            if self._ptable_format == 'msdos':
+                rootstr = rootdev
+            else:
+                if not root_part_uuid:
+                    raise MountError("Cannot find the root GPT partition UUID")
+                rootstr = "PARTUUID=%s" % root_part_uuid
+            syslinux_conf += "\tappend ro root=%s %s\n" % (rootstr, options)
+            syslinux_conf += "\tmenu default\n"
+        else:
+            for kernel in kernels:
+                for version in kernels[kernel]:
+                    versions.append(version)
+
+            footlabel = 0
+            for v in versions:
+                syslinux_conf += "label %s%d\n" \
+                                 % (self.distro_name.lower(), footlabel)
+                syslinux_conf += "\tmenu label %s (%s)\n" % (self.distro_name, v)
+                syslinux_conf += "\tlinux ../vmlinuz-%s\n" % v
+                syslinux_conf += "\tappend ro root=%s %s\n" \
+                                 % (rootdev, options)
+                if footlabel == 0:
+                    syslinux_conf += "\tmenu default\n"
+                footlabel += 1;
+
+        msger.debug("Writing syslinux config %s/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf" \
+                    % self._instroot)
+        cfg = open(self._instroot + "/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf", "w")
+        cfg.write(syslinux_conf)
+        cfg.close()
+
+    def _install_syslinux(self):
+        for name in self.__disks.keys():
+            loopdev = self.__disks[name].device
+
+            # Set MBR
+            mbrfile = "%s/usr/share/syslinux/" % self._instroot
+            if self._ptable_format == 'gpt':
+                mbrfile += "gptmbr.bin"
+            else:
+                mbrfile += "mbr.bin"
+
+            msger.debug("Installing syslinux bootloader '%s' to %s" % \
+                        (mbrfile, loopdev))
+
+            mbrsize = os.stat(mbrfile)[stat.ST_SIZE]
+            rc = runner.show(['dd', 'if=%s' % mbrfile, 'of=' + loopdev])
+            if rc != 0:
+                raise MountError("Unable to set MBR to %s" % loopdev)
+
+
+            # Ensure all data is flushed to disk before doing syslinux install
+            runner.quiet('sync')
+
+            fullpathsyslinux = fs_related.find_binary_path("extlinux")
+            rc = runner.show([fullpathsyslinux,
+                              "-i",
+                              "%s/boot/extlinux" % self._instroot])
+            if rc != 0:
+                raise MountError("Unable to install syslinux bootloader to %s" \
+                                 % loopdev)
+
+    def _create_bootconfig(self):
+        #If syslinux is available do the required configurations.
+        if self._need_extlinux \
+           and os.path.exists("%s/usr/share/syslinux/" % (self._instroot)) \
+           and os.path.exists("%s/boot/extlinux/" % (self._instroot)):
+            self._create_syslinux_config()
+            self._install_syslinux()
+
+    def _unmount_instroot(self):
+        if not self.__instloop is None:
+            try:
+                self.__instloop.cleanup()
+            except MountError, err:
+                msger.warning("%s" % err)
+
+    def _resparse(self, size = None):
+        return self.__instloop.resparse(size)
+
+    def _get_post_scripts_env(self, in_chroot):
+        env = BaseImageCreator._get_post_scripts_env(self, in_chroot)
+
+        # Export the file-system UUIDs and partition UUIDs (AKA PARTUUIDs)
+        for p in self.__instloop.partitions:
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(p['ks_pnum'], "UUID", p['uuid']))
+            env.update(self._set_part_env(p['ks_pnum'], "PARTUUID", p['partuuid']))
+
+        return env
+
+    def _stage_final_image(self):
+        """Stage the final system image in _outdir.
+           write meta data
+        """
+        self._resparse()
+
+        if self.compress_image:
+            for imgfile in os.listdir(self.__imgdir):
+                if imgfile.endswith('.raw') or imgfile.endswith('bin'):
+                    imgpath = os.path.join(self.__imgdir, imgfile)
+                    misc.compressing(imgpath, self.compress_image)
+
+        if self.pack_to:
+            dst = os.path.join(self._outdir, self.pack_to)
+            msger.info("Pack all raw images to %s" % dst)
+            misc.packing(dst, self.__imgdir)
+        else:
+            msger.debug("moving disks to stage location")
+            for imgfile in os.listdir(self.__imgdir):
+                src = os.path.join(self.__imgdir, imgfile)
+                dst = os.path.join(self._outdir, imgfile)
+                msger.debug("moving %s to %s" % (src,dst))
+                shutil.move(src,dst)
+        self._write_image_xml()
+
+    def _write_image_xml(self):
+        imgarch = "i686"
+        if self.target_arch and self.target_arch.startswith("arm"):
+            imgarch = "arm"
+        xml = "<image>\n"
+
+        name_attributes = ""
+        if self.appliance_version:
+            name_attributes += " version='%s'" % self.appliance_version
+        if self.appliance_release:
+            name_attributes += " release='%s'" % self.appliance_release
+        xml += "  <name%s>%s</name>\n" % (name_attributes, self.name)
+        xml += "  <domain>\n"
+        # XXX don't hardcode - determine based on the kernel we installed for
+        # grub baremetal vs xen
+        xml += "    <boot type='hvm'>\n"
+        xml += "      <guest>\n"
+        xml += "        <arch>%s</arch>\n" % imgarch
+        xml += "      </guest>\n"
+        xml += "      <os>\n"
+        xml += "        <loader dev='hd'/>\n"
+        xml += "      </os>\n"
+
+        i = 0
+        for name in self.__disks.keys():
+            full_name = self._full_name(name, self.__disk_format)
+            xml += "      <drive disk='%s' target='hd%s'/>\n" \
+                       % (full_name, chr(ord('a') + i))
+            i = i + 1
+
+        xml += "    </boot>\n"
+        xml += "    <devices>\n"
+        xml += "      <vcpu>%s</vcpu>\n" % self.vcpu
+        xml += "      <memory>%d</memory>\n" %(self.vmem * 1024)
+        for network in self.ks.handler.network.network:
+            xml += "      <interface/>\n"
+        xml += "      <graphics/>\n"
+        xml += "    </devices>\n"
+        xml += "  </domain>\n"
+        xml += "  <storage>\n"
+
+        if self.checksum is True:
+            for name in self.__disks.keys():
+                diskpath = self._full_path(self._outdir, name, \
+                                           self.__disk_format)
+                full_name = self._full_name(name, self.__disk_format)
+
+                msger.debug("Generating disk signature for %s" % full_name)
+
+                xml += "    <disk file='%s' use='system' format='%s'>\n" \
+                       % (full_name, self.__disk_format)
+
+                hashes = misc.calc_hashes(diskpath, ('sha1', 'sha256'))
+
+                xml +=  "      <checksum type='sha1'>%s</checksum>\n" \
+                        % hashes[0]
+                xml += "      <checksum type='sha256'>%s</checksum>\n" \
+                       % hashes[1]
+                xml += "    </disk>\n"
+        else:
+            for name in self.__disks.keys():
+                full_name = self._full_name(name, self.__disk_format)
+                xml += "    <disk file='%s' use='system' format='%s'/>\n" \
+                       % (full_name, self.__disk_format)
+
+        xml += "  </storage>\n"
+        xml += "</image>\n"
+
+        msger.debug("writing image XML to %s/%s.xml" %(self._outdir, self.name))
+        cfg = open("%s/%s.xml" % (self._outdir, self.name), "w")
+        cfg.write(xml)
+        cfg.close()
+
+    def generate_bmap(self):
+        """ Generate block map file for the image. The idea is that while disk
+        images we generate may be large (e.g., 4GiB), they may actually contain
+        only little real data, e.g., 512MiB. This data are files, directories,
+        file-system meta-data, partition table, etc. In other words, when
+        flashing the image to the target device, you do not have to copy all the
+        4GiB of data, you can copy only 512MiB of it, which is 4 times faster.
+
+        This function generates the block map file for an arbitrary image that
+        mic has generated. The block map file is basically an XML file which
+        contains a list of blocks which have to be copied to the target device.
+        The other blocks are not used and there is no need to copy them. """
+
+        if self.bmap_needed is None:
+            return
+
+        from mic.utils import BmapCreate
+        msger.info("Generating the map file(s)")
+
+        for name in self.__disks.keys():
+            image = self._full_path(self.__imgdir, name, self.__disk_format)
+            bmap_file = self._full_path(self._outdir, name, "bmap")
+
+            msger.debug("Generating block map file '%s'" % bmap_file)
+
+            try:
+                creator = BmapCreate.BmapCreate(image, bmap_file)
+                creator.generate()
+                del creator
+            except BmapCreate.Error as err:
+                raise CreatorError("Failed to create bmap file: %s" % str(err))