diff --git a/scripts/integrate-distro.sh b/scripts/integrate-distro.sh
index fd609882..aa936458 100644
--- a/scripts/integrate-distro.sh
+++ b/scripts/integrate-distro.sh
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ case $suse_version in
 
 	kernel_version=3.7.10-jng12$kernel_flavour
 	rpm_kernel_version=3.7.10~jng12-1
+
+	#kernel_version=3.9.9-jng20-1.2$kernel_flavour
+	#rpm_kernel_version=3.9.9~jng20-1.2
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -256,6 +259,7 @@ usage()
 		-p file with root password
 		-a architecture
 		-k hook=command
+		-r root directory
 		-u user (for source-code-management login)
 
 	known hooks are:
@@ -275,7 +279,7 @@ usage()
 
 get_opts()
 {
-	set -- `getopt 'hd:n:a:p:k:u:w:s:' $*`
+	set -- `getopt 'hd:n:a:p:k:u:w:s:r:' $*`
 	while [ "$1" != -- ] ; do
 		case "$1" in
 			-h)
@@ -289,6 +293,10 @@ get_opts()
 				o_name=$2
 				shift
 				;;
+			-r)
+				o_root=$2
+				shift
+				;;
 			-a)
 				arch=$2
 				shift
@@ -556,6 +564,7 @@ zypper_repos()
 
 setup_zypper_repos()
 {
+	local name uri
 	zypper_repos $@ | while read name uri; do
 		run_chroot zypper $zypper_global_opts ar $uri $name
 	done
@@ -746,6 +755,13 @@ make_home_ssh_conf()
 EOT
 }
 
+make_etc_sysconfig_network_ifcfg_eth0()
+{
+	_cat<<EOT
+	|STARTMODE='nfsroot'
+EOT
+}
+
 use_host_files()
 {
 	local f
@@ -987,6 +1003,9 @@ cmd_install()
 	make_home_ssh_conf > $root/root/.ssh/config
 	run_chroot chmod 600 /root/.ssh/config
 
+	make_etc_sysconfig_network_ifcfg_eth0 > $root/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
+	run_chroot chmod 644 /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
+
 	run_hook pkg-installed
 
 	fi # test
@@ -1075,8 +1094,11 @@ fi
 
 [ ! "$scm_user" ] && scm_user=`whoami`
 
-name=$o_name-$arch
-root=/srv/nfs/boot/distros/$name/ro
+if [ "$o_root" ]; then
+	root=$o_root/ro
+else
+	root=/srv/nfs/boot/distros/$o_name-$arch/ro
+fi
 
 # -- set up variables denoting devices