diff --git a/etc/rc.rescue b/etc/rc.rescue
index 4f33182ac..818d62b11 100644
--- a/etc/rc.rescue
+++ b/etc/rc.rescue
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ fi
 service up $DRIVERS/rescue -dev /dev/rescue -args 128 -period 4HZ
 mkfs /dev/rescue || exit
 mount /dev/rescue $RESCUE || exit
-cp /usr/sbin/memory $RESCUE
 label=`sysenv label`
 case "$label" in
 AT)
diff --git a/etc/usr/rc b/etc/usr/rc
index 7c4cfdd39..26fd9c9d3 100644
--- a/etc/usr/rc
+++ b/etc/usr/rc
@@ -165,3 +165,21 @@ stop|down)
 	  fi
 	fi
 esac
+
+d=/usr/local/etc/rc.d
+# Let packages run their own scripts
+if [ -d "$d" ]
+then	if cd $d
+	then
+		echo -n "Local package initialization: "
+		for f in *
+		do
+			if [ -x "$f" ]
+			then	echo -n "$f "
+				sh "$f" "$action"
+			fi
+		done
+		echo " done."
+	fi
+fi
+