diff --git a/configs/boot/micro_ctx.rcS b/configs/boot/micro_ctx.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d1c5bcf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/micro_ctx.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/benchmarks/micros/lmbench/bin/alphaev6-linux-gnu/lat_ctx 2 4 8 16  
+m5 exit
+
diff --git a/configs/boot/micro_memlat8.rcS b/configs/boot/micro_memlat8.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c831c2b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/micro_memlat8.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/benchmarks/micros/lmbench/bin/alphaev6-linux-gnu/lat_mem_rd 128 8
+m5 exit
+
diff --git a/configs/boot/micro_stream.rcS b/configs/boot/micro_stream.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b4c445c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/micro_stream.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/benchmarks/micros/stream
+m5 exit
+
diff --git a/configs/boot/micro_streamcopy.rcS b/configs/boot/micro_streamcopy.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..820e84031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/micro_streamcopy.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/benchmarks/micros/simstreamcopy
+m5 exit
+
diff --git a/configs/boot/micro_streamscale.rcS b/configs/boot/micro_streamscale.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..005da8d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/micro_streamscale.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/benchmarks/micros/simstreamscale
+m5 exit
+
diff --git a/configs/boot/nfs-client-nhfsstone.rcS b/configs/boot/nfs-client-nhfsstone.rcS
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..229e418d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/nfs-client-nhfsstone.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# /etc/init.d/rcS
+#
+
+echo -n "mounting swap..."
+/sbin/swapon /dev/hdc
+echo "done."
+
+echo -n "setting up network..."
+/sbin/ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.2 txqueuelen 1000
+/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
+
+echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle
+echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_reuse
+echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack
+echo "15" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout
+echo "16384" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_max_syn_backlog
+
+echo "1024 65535" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
+echo "10000000 10000000 10000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
+echo "10000000 10000000 10000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
+echo "10000000 10000000 10000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
+
+echo "524287" > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
+echo "524287" > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
+echo "524287" > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
+echo "300000" > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
+
+echo "131072" > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
+echo "done."
+
+echo -n "starting nfs client..."
+/sbin/portmap &
+/sbin/lockd &
+echo "done."
+
+echo -n "waiting for server..."
+/usr/bin/netcat -c -l -p 8000
+
+echo -n "mounting remote share..."
+mkdir /nfs
+mount 10.0.0.1:/nfs /nfs
+echo "done."
+
+/benchmarks/nhfsstone/nhfsstone -t 30 -p 10 /nfs
+
+/sbin/m5 exit
diff --git a/configs/boot/nfs-server-nhfsstone.rcS b/configs/boot/nfs-server-nhfsstone.rcS
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..564833cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/nfs-server-nhfsstone.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# /etc/init.d/rcS
+#
+
+echo -n "mounting swap..."
+/sbin/swapon /dev/hdc
+echo "done."
+
+echo -n "setting up network..."
+/sbin/ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.1 txqueuelen 1000
+/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
+
+echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle
+echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_reuse
+echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack
+echo "15" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout
+echo "16384" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_max_syn_backlog
+
+echo "1024 65535" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
+echo "10000000 10000000 10000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
+echo "10000000 10000000 10000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
+echo "10000000 10000000 10000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
+
+echo "524287" > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
+echo "524287" > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
+echo "524287" > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
+echo "300000" > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
+
+echo "131072" > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
+echo "done."
+
+#if [ ! -x /dev/sda ] 
+#then
+#     mknod /dev/sda b 8 0
+#     mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1
+#fi
+
+/sbin/insmod /modules/scsi_debug.ko dev_size_mb=80
+
+echo -n "creating partition and formatting..."
+/sbin/mke2fs -F /dev/sda 
+mkdir /nfs
+/bin/mount  /dev/sda /nfs 
+chmod a+rwx /nfs
+echo "done."
+
+echo "/nfs 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0(rw,sync,no_root_squash)" > /etc/exports
+echo -n "starting nfs kernel server..."
+/sbin/portmap
+/sbin/lockd
+/sbin/statd
+/sbin/nfsd 8
+/sbin/mountd
+echo "done."
+
+echo "Exporting shares..."
+/sbin/exportfs -r -v
+
+echo -n "signal client to mount..."
+echo "server ready" | /usr/bin/netcat -c 10.0.0.2 8000
+echo "done."
+
+echo -n "starting bash shell..."
+/bin/bash
diff --git a/configs/boot/ping-client.rcS b/configs/boot/ping-client.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f0ded75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/ping-client.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+SERVER=10.0.0.1
+CLIENT=10.0.0.2
+
+echo "setting up network..."
+ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
+ifconfig eth0 $CLIENT txqueuelen 1000
+
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack
+echo "5000000 5000000 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
+echo "5000000 5000000 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
+echo "5000000 5000000 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
+echo "100000" > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
+
+echo -n "waiting for server..."
+/usr/bin/netcat -c -l -p 8000
+
+ping $SERVER
+/sbin/m5 exit
diff --git a/configs/boot/ping-server.rcS b/configs/boot/ping-server.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dab6effb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/ping-server.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+SERVER=10.0.0.1
+CLIENT=10.0.0.2
+
+echo "setting up network..."
+ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
+ifconfig eth0 $SERVER txqueuelen 1000
+
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps
+echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack
+echo "5000000 5000000 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
+echo "5000000 5000000 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem
+echo "5000000 5000000 5000000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
+echo "262143" > /proc/sys/net/core/optmem_max
+echo "100000" > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog
+
+echo -n "signal client to begin..."
+echo "server ready" | /usr/bin/netcat -c $CLIENT 8000
+echo "done."
+
+echo "starting bash..."
+exec /bin/bash