diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/Makefile b/distrib/miniroot/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32da652eda37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distrib/miniroot/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 1995/12/18 22:47:26 pk Exp $
+
+# Revision is 1.1A
+REV=		11A
+
+CBIN=		instbin
+ARCHDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../${MACHINE}/miniroot
+
+MOUNT_POINT?=	/mnt
+VND?=		vnd0
+VND_DEV=	/dev/${VND}a
+VND_RDEV=	/dev/r${VND}a
+IMAGE?=		xxx-${REV}.fs
+MDEC=		${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec
+
+LISTS=		${ARCHDIR}/list ${.CURDIR}/list
+CRUNCHCONF=	${CBIN}.conf
+MTREE=		${.CURDIR}/mtree.conf
+
+all: ${CBIN}
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMAGE} bs=512k count=10
+	vnconfig -v -c ${VND_DEV} ${IMAGE}
+	newfs -m 0 -o space ${VND_RDEV} miniroot
+	mount ${VND_DEV} ${MOUNT_POINT}
+	mtree -def ${MTREE} -p ${MOUNT_POINT}/ -u
+	CURDIR=${.CURDIR} OBJDIR=${.OBJDIR} ARCHDIR=${ARCHDIR} \
+	    TARGDIR=${MOUNT_POINT} sh ${.CURDIR}/runlist.sh ${LISTS}
+	@echo ""
+	@df -i ${MOUNT_POINT}
+	@echo ""
+	umount ${MOUNT_POINT}
+	vnconfig -u ${VND_DEV}
+	cat /*bin/* > /dev/null
+
+unconfig:
+	-umount -f ${MOUNT_POINT}
+	-vnconfig -u ${VND_DEV}
+	-/bin/rm -f ${IMAGE}
+
+${CBIN}.conf: ${LISTS}
+	awk -f ${.CURDIR}/makeconf.awk CBIN=${CBIN} ${LISTS} > ${CBIN}.conf
+
+${CBIN}.mk ${CBIN}.cache ${CBIN}.c: ${CRUNCHCONF}
+	crunchgen -D ${.CURDIR}/../.. -L ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib ${CRUNCHCONF}
+
+${CBIN}: ${CBIN}.mk ${CBIN}.cache ${CBIN}.c
+	make -f ${CBIN}.mk all
+
+clean cleandir:
+	/bin/rm -f core ${IMAGE} ${CBIN} ${CBIN}.mk ${CBIN}.cache *.o *.lo *.c
+
+.include <bsd.obj.mk>
+.include <bsd.subdir.mk>
diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/list b/distrib/miniroot/list
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..907128baed36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distrib/miniroot/list
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#	$NetBSD: list,v 1.1 1995/12/18 22:47:28 pk Exp $
+
+# copy the crunched binary, link to it, and kill it
+COPY	${OBJDIR}/instbin	instbin
+LINK	instbin			bin/cat
+LINK	instbin			bin/chmod
+LINK	instbin			bin/cp
+LINK	instbin			bin/dd
+LINK	instbin			bin/df
+LINK	instbin			bin/ed
+LINK	instbin			bin/expr
+LINK	instbin			bin/hostname
+LINK	instbin			bin/ln
+LINK	instbin			bin/ls
+LINK	instbin			bin/kill
+LINK	instbin			bin/mkdir
+LINK	instbin			bin/mt
+LINK	instbin			bin/mv
+LINK	instbin			bin/pwd
+LINK	instbin			bin/rm
+LINK	instbin			bin/sh
+LINK	instbin			bin/stty
+LINK	instbin			bin/sleep
+LINK	instbin			bin/sync
+LINK	instbin			bin/test
+LINK	instbin			bin/[
+LINK	instbin			sbin/disklabel
+LINK	instbin			sbin/dmesg
+LINK	instbin			sbin/fsck
+LINK	instbin			sbin/halt
+LINK	instbin			sbin/ifconfig
+LINK	instbin			sbin/init
+LINK	instbin			sbin/mknod
+LINK	instbin			sbin/mount
+LINK	instbin			sbin/mount_cd9660
+LINK	instbin			sbin/mount_ffs
+LINK	instbin			sbin/mount_nfs
+LINK	instbin			sbin/newfs
+LINK	instbin			sbin/ping
+LINK	instbin			sbin/reboot
+LINK	instbin			sbin/route
+LINK	instbin			sbin/shutdown
+LINK	instbin			sbin/slattach
+LINK	instbin			sbin/umount
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/awk
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/basename
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/chflags
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/chgrp
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/cut
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/ftp
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/grep
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/gunzip
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/gzcat
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/gzip
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/more
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/netstat
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/rsh
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/sed
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/strings
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/sort
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/tar
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/tip
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/tset
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/bin/vi
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/sbin/chown
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/sbin/chroot
+SYMLINK	../../instbin		usr/sbin/update
+
+# Minimize use of MFS
+SYMLINK	/tmp	var/tmp
+
+# copy the MAKEDEV script and make some devices
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/dev/MAKEDEV		dev/MAKEDEV
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/dev/MAKEDEV.local	dev/MAKEDEV.local
+SPECIAL	cd dev; sh MAKEDEV all
+SPECIAL	/bin/rm dev/MAKEDEV
+
+# various files that we need in /etc for the install
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/etc/group		etc/group
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/etc/master.passwd	etc/master.passwd
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/etc/passwd		etc/passwd
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/etc/protocols	etc/protocols
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/etc/pwd.db		etc/pwd.db
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/etc/services		etc/services
+COPY	${DESTDIR}/etc/spwd.db		etc/spwd.db
+
+# the zoneinfo
+COPYDIR	${DESTDIR}/usr/share/zoneinfo	usr/share/zoneinfo
+
+# and the termcap file
+COPY	${CURDIR}/../../share/termcap/termcap.src usr/share/misc/termcap
diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/list2sh.awk b/distrib/miniroot/list2sh.awk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8fce89bffd7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distrib/miniroot/list2sh.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#	$NetBSD: list2sh.awk,v 1.1 1995/12/18 22:47:30 pk Exp $
+
+BEGIN {
+	printf("cd ${OBJDIR}\n");
+	printf("\n");
+}
+/^$/ || /^#/ {
+	print $0;
+	next;
+}
+$1 == "COPY" {
+	printf("echo '%s'\n", $0);
+	printf("rm -f ${TARGDIR}/%s\n", $3);
+	printf("cp %s ${TARGDIR}/%s\n", $2, $3);
+	next;
+}
+$1 == "LINK" {
+	printf("echo '%s'\n", $0);
+	printf("rm -f ${TARGDIR}/%s\n", $3);
+	printf("(cd ${TARGDIR}; ln %s %s)\n", $2, $3);
+	next;
+}
+$1 == "SYMLINK" {
+	printf("echo '%s'\n", $0);
+	printf("rm -f ${TARGDIR}/%s\n", $3);
+	printf("(cd ${TARGDIR}; ln -s %s %s)\n", $2, $3);
+	next;
+}
+$1 == "COPYDIR" {
+	printf("echo '%s'\n", $0);
+	printf("(cd ${TARGDIR}/%s && find . ! -name . | xargs /bin/rm -rf)\n",
+	    $3);
+	printf("(cd %s && pax -pe -rw . ${TARGDIR}/%s)\n", $2, $3);
+	next;
+}
+$1 == "SPECIAL" {
+	printf("echo '%s'\n", $0);
+	printf("(cd ${TARGDIR};");
+	for (i = 2; i <= NF; i++)
+		printf(" %s", $i);
+	printf(")\n");
+	next;
+}
+{
+	printf("echo '%s'\n", $0);
+	printf("echo 'Unknown keyword \"%s\" at line %d of input.'\n", $1, NR);
+	printf("exit 1\n");
+	exit 1;
+}
+END {
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("exit 0\n");
+	exit 0;
+}
diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/makeconf.awk b/distrib/miniroot/makeconf.awk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e59a16f67779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distrib/miniroot/makeconf.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#	$NetBSD: makeconf.awk,v 1.1 1995/12/18 22:47:31 pk Exp $
+
+BEGIN {
+	# a list of `aliases'
+	links["chgrp",0] = "chown";
+	links["awk",0] = "gawk";
+	links["gzcat",0] = "gzip";
+	links["gunzip",0] = "gzip";
+	links["-sh",0] = "sh";		# init invokes the shell this way
+	links["[",0] = "test";
+	links["cd9660",0] = "mount_cd9660";
+	links["ffs",0] = "mount_ffs";
+	links["nfs",0] = "mount_nfs";
+	links["halt",0] = "reboot";
+	links["vi",0] = "common";	# XXX catch vi
+}
+
+($1 == "LINK" || $1 == "SYMLINK") && index($2,CBIN) {
+	n = split($3, x, "/");
+	p = x[n];
+	if ((p,0) in links) {
+		links[p,1] = links[p,0];
+		p = links[p,0];
+	}
+	if (p == "sh")			# XXX - catch `-sh'
+		links["-sh",1] = "sh";
+	progs[p] = 1;
+}
+
+END {
+	# write crunchgen configuration
+
+	printf("#\n# This file is automatically generated by `makeconf'\n#\n");
+	printf("srcdirs bin sbin usr.bin usr.sbin gnu/usr.bin usr.bin/vi\n");
+
+	i = 0;
+	for (p in progs) {
+		if ((i++ % 8) == 0)
+			printf("\nprogs");
+		printf(" %s", p);
+	}
+	printf("\n\n");
+
+	for (I in links) {
+		split(I, l, SUBSEP);
+		if (l[2])
+			printf("ln %s %s\n", links[l[1],1], l[1]);
+	}
+
+	printf("\nlibs -ledit -lutil -lcurses -ltermcap -lcrypt -ll -lm -lkvm\n");
+}
diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/mtree.conf b/distrib/miniroot/mtree.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27bcebb1e711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distrib/miniroot/mtree.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#	$NetBSD: mtree.conf,v 1.1 1995/12/18 22:47:33 pk Exp $
+
+/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
+# .
+.
+
+# ./bin
+bin
+# ./bin
+..
+
+# ./dev
+dev
+# ./dev
+..
+
+# ./etc
+etc
+# ./etc
+..
+
+# ./mnt
+mnt
+# ./mnt
+..
+
+# ./mnt2
+mnt2
+# ./mnt2
+..
+
+# ./sbin
+sbin
+# ./sbin
+..
+
+# ./tmp
+tmp		mode=01777
+# ./tmp
+..
+
+# ./usr
+usr
+
+# ./usr/bin
+bin
+# ./usr/bin
+..
+
+# ./usr/mdec
+mdec
+# ./usr/mdec
+..
+
+# ./usr/sbin
+sbin
+# ./usr/sbin
+..
+
+# ./usr/share
+share
+
+# ./usr/share/misc
+misc
+# ./usr/share/misc
+..
+
+# ./usr/share/zoneinfo
+zoneinfo
+# ./usr/share/zoneinfo
+..
+
+# ./usr/share
+..
+
+# ./usr
+..
+
+# ./var
+var
+
+# ./
+..
diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/runlist.sh b/distrib/miniroot/runlist.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ea9ff121981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distrib/miniroot/runlist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#	$NetBSD: runlist.sh,v 1.1 1995/12/18 22:47:38 pk Exp $
+
+if [ "X$1" = "X-d" ]; then
+	SHELLCMD=cat
+	shift
+else
+	SHELLCMD="sh -e"
+fi
+
+( while [ "X$1" != "X" ]; do
+	cat $1
+	shift
+done ) | awk -f ${CURDIR}/list2sh.awk | ${SHELLCMD}