diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/clock rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/clock
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/clock	2005-01-30 22:23:10.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/clock	2005-02-05 11:19:02.997824656 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/init.d/clock,v 1.24.2.1 2005/01/30 21:23:10 vapier Exp $
 
+## vserver incompatible
+is_vserver_guest && exit 0
+
 opts="${opts} save"
 
 depend() {
diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/consolefont rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/consolefont
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/consolefont	2005-01-30 23:17:37.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/consolefont	2005-02-05 11:19:02.998824504 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/init.d/consolefont,v 1.26.4.1 2005/01/30 22:17:37 vapier Exp $
 
+## vserver incompatible
+is_vserver_guest && exit 0
+
 depend() {
 	need localmount
 	need keymaps    # sets up terminal encoding scheme
diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/halt.sh rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/halt.sh
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/halt.sh	2005-01-30 23:01:18.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/halt.sh	2005-02-05 11:19:02.999824352 +0100
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/init.d/halt.sh,v 1.64.2.3 2005/01/30 22:01:18 vapier Exp $
 
+## vserver incompatible
+is_vserver_guest && exit 0
+
 # Check to see if this is a livecd, if it is read the commandline
 # this mainly makes sure $CDBOOT is defined if it's a livecd
 [ -f "/sbin/livecd-functions.sh" ] && \
diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/localmount rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/localmount
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/localmount	2005-01-30 23:01:18.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/localmount	2005-02-05 11:19:03.000824200 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/init.d/localmount,v 1.29.4.1 2005/01/30 22:01:18 vapier Exp $
 
+## vserver incompatible
+is_vserver_guest && exit 0
+
 depend() {
 	need checkfs
 }
diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/modules rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/modules
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/modules	2005-01-30 23:17:37.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/modules	2005-02-05 11:19:03.001824048 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/init.d/modules,v 1.32.4.1 2005/01/30 22:17:37 vapier Exp $
 
+## vserver incompatible
+is_vserver_guest && exit 0
+
 depend() {
 	need checkroot hostname
 	use isapnp
diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/net.lo rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/net.lo
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/net.lo	2005-01-30 20:02:06.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/net.lo	2005-02-05 11:19:03.002823896 +0100
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 # Many thanks to Aron Griffis (agriffis@gentoo.org)
 # for help, ideas and patches
 
+## vserver incompatible
+is_vserver_guest && exit 0
+
 #NB: Config is in /etc/conf.d/net
 
 if [[ -n ${NET_DEBUG} ]]; then
diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/serial rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/serial
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/init.d/serial	2005-01-30 23:17:37.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/init.d/serial	2005-02-05 11:19:03.003823744 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/init.d/serial,v 1.12.4.1 2005/01/30 22:17:37 vapier Exp $
 
+## vserver incompatible
+is_vserver_guest && exit 0
+
 depend() {
 	need localmount
 }
diff -Nur rc-scripts-1.6.9/sbin/functions.sh rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/sbin/functions.sh
--- rc-scripts-1.6.9/sbin/functions.sh	2005-01-30 20:32:34.000000000 +0100
+++ rc-scripts-1.6.9-vserver/sbin/functions.sh	2005-02-05 11:22:42.565445304 +0100
@@ -658,6 +658,36 @@
 	return 1
 }
 
+## vserver-support
+## Idea: we simply check if we are on a root- or v-server and react accordingly.
+## If there is no "s_context:" at all we have a vanilla (i.e. non-vserver) system
+## that is treated like a root-server.
+
+# void get_vserver_context(void)
+#
+#   prints the context number if any
+#
+get_vserver_context() {
+	[ -f /proc/$$/status ] && awk '/^s_context:/ { print $2; }' /proc/$$/status
+}
+
+# bool is_vserver_host(void)
+#
+#   return 0 if we are on the host
+is_vserver_host() {
+	local context=$(get_vserver_context)
+	[ "x${context}" = "x0" -o "x${context}" = "x" ] && return 0
+	return 1
+}
+
+# bool is_vserver_guest(void)
+#
+#   return 0 if we are on the guest
+is_vserver_guest() {
+	is_vserver_host && return 1
+	return 0
+}
+
 
 ##############################################################################
 #                                                                            #