diff -urN startup-0.9.8.14.orig/rc.d/rc.sysinit startup-0.9.8.14/rc.d/rc.sysinit
--- startup-0.9.8.14.orig/rc.d/rc.sysinit	2007-04-22 15:45:20 +0300
+++ startup-0.9.8.14/rc.d/rc.sysinit	2007-05-18 14:28:17 +0300
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 	HOSTNAME=localhost
 fi
 
+# Read in config data
+SourceIfNotEmpty /etc/sysconfig/rc.sysinit
+
 # Set system font
 ExecIfExecutable /sbin/setsysfont >/dev/null 2>&1 && SETSYSFONT_DONE=1 || SETSYSFONT_DONE=
 
@@ -185,7 +188,11 @@
 
 # Remount the root filesystem read-write
 splash_update remount 2
-action "Remounting root filesystem in read/write mode:" mount -n -o remount,rw /
+if [ -z ${REMOUNT_ROOT_RW} ]; then
+    action "Remounting root filesystem in read/write mode:" mount -n -o remount,rw /
+else
+    action "Remounting root filesystem in read/write mode:" $REMOUNT_ROOT_RW
+fi
 
 # The root filesystem is now read-write, so we can now log via syslog() directly
 [ -z "$IN_INITLOG" ] || IN_INITLOG=