diff --git a/bdisk/bchroot.py b/bdisk/bchroot.py
index 8dee8ed..a3dd751 100755
--- a/bdisk/bchroot.py
+++ b/bdisk/bchroot.py
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@ import os
 import sys
 import psutil
 import subprocess
-import ctypes
+import datetime
 
 
-def chrootMount(source, target, fs, options=''):
-    ret = ctypes.CDLL('libc.so.6', use_errno=True).mount(source, target, fs, 0, options)
-    if ret < 0:
-        errno = ctypes.get_errno()
-        raise RuntimeError("Error mounting {} ({}) on {} with options '{}': {}".
-                        format(source, fs, target, options, os.strerror(errno)))
-
 def chroot(chrootdir, chroot_hostname, cmd = '/root/pre-build.sh'):
     # MOUNT the chroot
     mountpoints = psutil.disk_partitions(all = True)
@@ -50,8 +43,8 @@ def chroot(chrootdir, chroot_hostname, cmd = '/root/pre-build.sh'):
         if (chrootdir + '/tmp') not in mounts:
             subprocess.call(['/bin/mount', '-t', 'tmpfs', '-o', 'mode=1777,strictatime,nodev,nosuid', 'tmp', chrootdir + '/tmp'])
 
-    print("Performing '{0}' in chroot for {1}...".format(cmd, chrootdir))
-    print("You can view the progress via:\n\n\ttail -f {0}/var/log/chroot_install.log\n".format(chrootdir))
+    print("{0}: Performing '{1}' in chroot for {2}...".format(datetime.datetime.now(), cmd, chrootdir))
+    print("\t\t\t    You can view the progress via:\n\n\t\ttail -f {0}/var/log/chroot_install.log\n".format(chrootdir))
     real_root = os.open("/", os.O_RDONLY)
     os.chroot(chrootdir)
     os.system('locale-gen > /dev/null 2>&1')
diff --git a/bdisk/bdisk.py b/bdisk/bdisk.py
index d3a9f02..e7f24bb 100755
--- a/bdisk/bdisk.py
+++ b/bdisk/bdisk.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import datetime
 # we also need to figure out how to implement "mentos" (old bdisk) like functionality, letting us reuse an existing chroot install if possible to save time for future builds.
 #   if not, though, it's no big deal.
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print('Starting at {0}.'.format(datetime.datetime.now()))
+    print('{0}: Starting.'.format(datetime.datetime.now()))
     conf = host.parseConfig(host.getConfig())[1]
     prep.dirChk(conf)
-    prep.buildChroot(conf['build'])
+    prep.buildChroot(conf['build'], keep = False)
     prep.prepChroot(conf['build'], conf['bdisk'], conf['user'])
     arch = conf['build']['arch']
     for a in arch:
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     build.genUEFI(conf['build'], conf['bdisk'])
     fulliso = build.genISO(conf)
     build.displayStats(fulliso)
-    print('Finished successfully at {0}.'.format(datetime.datetime.now()))
+    print('{0}: Finish.'.format(datetime.datetime.now()))
diff --git a/bdisk/build.py b/bdisk/build.py
index bd755ea..d4dc38b 100755
--- a/bdisk/build.py
+++ b/bdisk/build.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import subprocess
 import hashlib
 import jinja2
 import humanize
+import datetime
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ def genImg(build, bdisk):
         airoot = archboot + '/' + a + '/'
         squashimg = airoot + 'airootfs.sfs'
         os.makedirs(airoot, exist_ok = True)
-        print("Generating squashed filesystem image for {0}. Please wait...".format(chrootdir + '/root.' + a))
+        print("{0}: Generating squashed filesystem image for {1}. Please wait...".format(
+                                                datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                                chrootdir + '/root.' + a))
         # TODO: use stdout and -progress if debugging is enabled. the below subprocess.call() just redirects to
         # /dev/null.
         DEVNULL = open(os.devnull, 'w')
@@ -38,8 +41,15 @@ def genImg(build, bdisk):
                 '-noappend',
                 '-comp', 'xz']
         subprocess.call(cmd, stdout = DEVNULL, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT)
+        print("{0}: Generated {1} ({2}).".format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            squashimg,
+                                            humanize.naturalsize(
+                                                os.path.getsize(squashimg))))
         # Generate the checksum files
-        print("Generating SHA256 and MD5 hash checksum files for {0}. Please wait...".format(squashimg))
+        print("{0}: Generating SHA256 and MD5 hash checksum files for {1}. Please wait...".format(
+                                                datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                                squashimg))
         hashes['sha256'][a] = hashlib.sha256()
         hashes['md5'][a] = hashlib.md5()
         with open(squashimg, 'rb') as f:
@@ -54,11 +64,14 @@ def genImg(build, bdisk):
             f.write("{0}  airootfs.sfs".format(hashes['sha256'][a].hexdigest()))
         with open(airoot + 'airootfs.md5', 'w+') as f:
             f.write("{0}  airootfs.sfs".format(hashes['md5'][a].hexdigest()))
+        print("{0}: Hash checksums complete.".format(datetime.datetime.now()))
+        # Logo
         os.makedirs(tempdir + '/boot', exist_ok = True)
         if not os.path.isfile('{0}/extra/{1}.png'.format(basedir, bdisk['uxname'])):
             shutil.copy2(basedir + '/extra/bdisk.png', '{0}/{1}.png'.format(tempdir, bdisk['uxname']))
         else:
             shutil.copy2(basedir + '/extra/{0}.png'.format(bdisk['uxname']), '{0}/{1}.png'.format(tempdir, bdisk['uxname']))
+        # Kernels, initrds...
         # We use a dict here so we can use the right filenames...
         # I might change how I handle this in the future.
         bootfiles = {}
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ def genUEFI(build, bdisk):
         # For UEFI 2.3+ (http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=UEFI_Shell)
         if not os.path.isfile(tempdir + '/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi'):
             shell2_path = tempdir + '/EFI/shellx64_v2.efi'
-            print("You are missing {0}. We'll download it for you.".format(shell2_path))
+            print("{0}: You are missing {1}. We'll download it for you.".format(datetime.datetime.now(), shell2_path))
             shell2_url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tianocore/edk2/master/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi'
             shell2_fetch = urlopen(shell2_url)
             with open(shell2_path, 'wb+') as dl:
@@ -98,13 +111,13 @@ def genUEFI(build, bdisk):
         # TODO: is there an Arch package for this? can we just install that in the chroot and copy the shell binaries?
         if not os.path.isfile(tempdir + '/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi'):
             shell1_path = tempdir + '/EFI/shellx64_v1.efi'
-            print("You are missing {0}. We'll download it for you.".format(shell1_path))
+            print("{0}: You are missing {1}. We'll download it for you.".format(datetime.datetime.now(), shell1_path))
             shell1_url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tianocore/edk2/master/EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi'
             shell1_fetch = urlopen(shell1_url)
             with open(shell1_path, 'wb+') as dl:
                 dl.write(shell1_fetch.read())
             shell1_fetch.close()
-        print("Configuring UEFI bootloading...")
+        print("{0}: Configuring UEFI bootloading...".format(datetime.datetime.now()))
         ## But wait! That's not all! We need more binaries.
         # http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/linux-foundation-secure-boot-system-released/
         shim_url = 'http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/wp-uploads/2013/'
@@ -162,8 +175,11 @@ def genUEFI(build, bdisk):
             for file in files:
                 fname = os.path.join(path, file)
                 sizetotal += os.path.getsize(fname)
-        # And now we create the file...
-        print("Creating a {0} bytes EFI ESP image at {1}. Please wait...".format(sizetotal, efiboot_img))
+        # And now we create the EFI binary filesystem image/binary...
+        print("{0}: Creating a {1} EFI ESP image at {2}. Please wait...".format(
+                                        datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                        humanize.naturalsize(sizetotal),
+                                        efiboot_img))
         if os.path.isfile(efiboot_img):
             os.remove(efiboot_img)
         with open(efiboot_img, 'wb+') as f:
@@ -215,13 +231,15 @@ def genUEFI(build, bdisk):
                     '{0}/EFI/{1}/{2}.efi'.format(mountpt, bdisk['name'], bdisk['uxname']))
         shutil.copy2('{0}/root.{1}/boot/initramfs-linux-{2}.img'.format(chrootdir, 'x86_64', bdisk['name']),
                     '{0}/EFI/{1}/{2}.img'.format(mountpt, bdisk['name'], bdisk['uxname']))
-        # TODO: support both Arch's as EFI bootable instead? Maybe? requires more research. very rare.
+        # TODO: support both arch's as EFI bootable instead? Maybe? requires more research. very rare.
         #shutil.copy2('{0}/root.{1}/boot/vmlinuz-linux-{2}'.format(chrootdir, a, bdisk['name']),
         #            '{0}/EFI/{1}/{2}.{3}.efi'.format(mountpt, bdisk['name'], bdisk['uxname'], bitness))
         #shutil.copy2('{0}/root.{1}/boot/initramfs-linux-{2}.img'.format(chrootdir, a, bdisk['uxname']),
         #            '{0}/EFI/{1}/{2}.{3}.img'.format(mountpt, bdisk['name'], bdisk['uxname'], bitness))
         cmd = ['/bin/umount', mountpt]
         subprocess.call(cmd)
+        efisize = humanize.naturalsize(os.path.getsize(efiboot_img))
+        print('{0}: Built EFI binary.'.format(datetime.datetime.now()))
         return(efiboot_img)
 
 def genISO(conf):
@@ -270,7 +288,7 @@ def genISO(conf):
             usbfile = '{0}-{1}-mini.usb.img'.format(bdisk['uxname'], bdisk['ver'])
             minipath = build['isodir'] + '/' + usbfile
     # Copy isolinux files
-    print("Staging some files for ISO preparation. Please wait...")
+    print("{0}: Staging some files for ISO preparation. Please wait...".format(datetime.datetime.now()))
     isolinux_files = ['isolinux.bin',
                     'vesamenu.c32',
                     'linux.c32',
@@ -299,7 +317,7 @@ def genISO(conf):
         f.write(tpl_out)
     # And we need to build the ISO!
     # TODO: only include UEFI support if we actually built it!
-    print("Generating the full ISO at {0}. Please wait.".format(isopath))
+    print("{0}: Generating the full ISO at {1}. Please wait.".format(datetime.datetime.now(), isopath))
     if efi:
         cmd = ['/usr/bin/xorriso',
             '-as', 'mkisofs',
diff --git a/bdisk/host.py b/bdisk/host.py
index 879e0b6..75338df 100755
--- a/bdisk/host.py
+++ b/bdisk/host.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import re
 import configparser
 import validators
 import git
+import datetime
 from socket import getaddrinfo
 
 def getOS():
@@ -79,8 +80,9 @@ def parseConfig(conf):
     elif config_dict['build']['multiarch'] == 'i686':
         config_dict['build']['arch'] = ['i686']
     else:
-        exit(('ERROR: {0} is not a valid value. Check your configuration.').format(
-                                config_dict['build']['multiarch']))
+        exit(('{0}: ERROR: {1} is not a valid value. Check your configuration.').format(
+                                        datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                        config_dict['build']['multiarch']))
     ## VALIDATORS ##
     # Validate bootstrap mirror
     if (validators.domain(config_dict['build']['mirror']) or validators.ipv4(
@@ -89,9 +91,10 @@ def parseConfig(conf):
         try:
             getaddrinfo(config_dict['build']['mirror'], None)
         except:
-            exit(('ERROR: {0} does not resolve and cannot be used as a ' + 
+            exit(('{0}: ERROR: {1} does not resolve and cannot be used as a ' + 
                 'mirror for the bootstrap tarballs. Check your configuration.').format(
-                    config_dict['build']['host']))
+                                        datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                        config_dict['build']['host']))
     # Are we rsyncing? If so, validate the rsync host.
     # Works for IP address too. It does NOT check to see if we can
     # actually *rsync* to it; that'll come later.
@@ -102,22 +105,29 @@ def parseConfig(conf):
             try:
                 getaddrinfo(config_dict['rsync']['host'], None)
             except:
-                exit(('ERROR: {0} does not resolve and cannot be used for rsyncing.' +
-                    'Check your configuration.').format(config_dict['rsync']['host']))
+                exit(('{0}: ERROR: {1} does not resolve and cannot be used for rsyncing.' +
+                    'Check your configuration.').format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            config_dict['rsync']['host']))
         else:
-            exit(('ERROR: {0} is not a valid host and cannot be used for rsyncing.' +
-                    'Check your configuration.').format(config_dict['rsync']['host']))
+            exit(('{0}: ERROR: {1} is not a valid host and cannot be used for rsyncing.' +
+                    'Check your configuration.').format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            config_dict['rsync']['host']))
     # Validate the URI.
     if config_dict['build']['ipxe']:
         # so this won't validate e.g. custom LAN domains (https://pxeserver/bdisk.php). TODO.
         if not validators.url(config_dict['ipxe']['uri']):
             if not re.match('^https?://localhost(/.*)?$'):
-                exit('ERROR: {0} is not a valid URL/URI. Check your configuration.'.format(
-                        config_dict['ipxe']['uri']))
+                exit('{0}: ERROR: {1} is not a valid URL/URI. Check your configuration.'.format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            config_dict['ipxe']['uri']))
     # Validate required paths
     if not os.path.exists(config_dict['build']['basedir'] + '/extra'):
-        exit(("ERROR: {0} does not contain BDisk's core files!" + 
-                "Check your configuration.").format(config_dict['build']['basedir']))
+        exit(("{0}: ERROR: {1} does not contain BDisk's core files!" + 
+                "Check your configuration.").format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            config_dict['build']['basedir']))
     # Make dirs if they don't exist
     for d in ('archboot', 'isodir', 'mountpt', 'srcdir', 'tempdir'):
         os.makedirs(config_dict['build'][d], exist_ok = True)
@@ -131,10 +141,14 @@ def parseConfig(conf):
             for x in ('ssl_key', 'ssl_cakey'):
                 if config_dict['ipxe'][x]:
                     if not os.path.isfile(config_dict['ipxe'][x]):
-                        exit(('ERROR: {0} is not an existing file. Check your' +
-                                'configuration.').format(config_dict['ipxe'][x]))
+                        exit(('{0}: ERROR: {1} is not an existing file. Check your' +
+                                'configuration.').format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            config_dict['ipxe'][x]))
             if config_dict['ipxe']['ssl_ca']:
                     if not os.path.isfile(config_dict['ipxe']['ssl_ca']):
-                        exit(('ERROR: {0} is not an existing file. Check your' +
-                                'configuration.').format(config_dict['ipxe']['ssl_ca']))
+                        exit(('{0}: ERROR: {1} is not an existing file. Check your' +
+                                'configuration.').format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            config_dict['ipxe']['ssl_ca']))
     return(config, config_dict)
diff --git a/bdisk/ipxe.py b/bdisk/ipxe.py
index ed36274..fea2fa6 100755
--- a/bdisk/ipxe.py
+++ b/bdisk/ipxe.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import jinja2
 import git
 import patch
 import OpenSSL
+import datetime
 
 
 def sslIPXE(conf):
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ def buildIPXE(conf):
     ipxe_src = srcdir + '/ipxe'
     ipxe_git_uri = 'git://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git'
     patches_git_uri = 'https://github.com/eworm-de/ipxe.git'
-    print('Building iPXE in {0}. Please wait...'.format(ipxe_src))
+    print('{0}: Building iPXE in {1}. Please wait...'.format(
+                                            datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                            ipxe_src))
     # Get the source and apply some cherrypicks
     if os.path.isdir(ipxe_src):
         shutil.rmtree(ipxe_src)
diff --git a/bdisk/prep.py b/bdisk/prep.py
index 0838fea..0ea43b4 100755
--- a/bdisk/prep.py
+++ b/bdisk/prep.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import re
 #import git
 import jinja2
 import datetime
+import humanize
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 import host  # bdisk.host
 
@@ -44,11 +45,11 @@ def downloadTarball(build):
     if build['mirrorgpgsig'] != '':
         # we don't want to futz with the user's normal gpg.
         gpg = gnupg.GPG(gnupghome = dlpath + '/.gnupg')
-        print("\nGenerating a GPG key. Please wait...")
+        print("\n{0}: Generating a GPG key. Please wait...".format(datetime.datetime.now()))
         # python-gnupg 0.3.9 spits this error in Arch. it's harmless, but ugly af.
         # TODO: remove this when the error doesn't happen anymore.
-        print("If you see a \"ValueError: Unknown status message: 'KEY_CONSIDERED'\" error, it can be safely ignored.")
-        print("If this is taking a VERY LONG time, try installing haveged and starting it. This can be " +
+        print("\tIf you see a \"ValueError: Unknown status message: 'KEY_CONSIDERED'\" error, it can be safely ignored.")
+        print("\tIf this is taking a VERY LONG time, try installing haveged and starting it. This can be " +
                         "done safely in parallel with the build process.\n")
         input_data = gpg.gen_key_input(name_email = 'tempuser@nodomain.tld', passphrase = 'placeholder_passphrase')
         key = gpg.gen_key(input_data)
@@ -62,18 +63,27 @@ def downloadTarball(build):
             pass
         else:
             # fetch the tarball...
-            print("Fetching the tarball for {0} architecture, please wait...".format(a))
+            print("{0}: Fetching the tarball for {1} architecture, please wait...".format(
+                                                                    datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                                                    a))
             #dl_file = urllib.URLopener()
             tarball_dl = urlopen(rlsdir + tarball)
             with open(tarball_path[a], 'wb') as f:
                 f.write(tarball_dl.read())
             tarball_dl.close()
-        print(("Checking that the hash checksum for {0} matches {1}, please wait...").format(
-                                tarball_path[a], sha1))
+            print("{0}: Done fetching {1} ({2}).".format(
+                                                    datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                                    tarball_path[a],
+                                                    humanize.naturalsize(
+                                                        os.path.getsize(tarball_path[a]))))
+        print("{0}: Checking that the hash checksum for {1} matches {2}, please wait...".format(
+                                                                    datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                                                    tarball_path[a],
+                                                                    sha1))
         tarball_hash = hashlib.sha1(open(tarball_path[a], 'rb').read()).hexdigest()
         if tarball_hash != sha1:
-            exit(("{0} either did not download correctly or a wrong (probably old) version exists on the filesystem.\n" +
-                                "Please delete it and try again.").format(tarball))
+            exit(("{0}: {1} either did not download correctly or a wrong (probably old) version exists on the filesystem.\n" +
+                                "Please delete it and try again.").format(datetime.datetime.now(), tarball))
         elif build['mirrorgpgsig'] != '':
             # okay, so the sha1 matches. let's verify the signature.
             if build['mirrorgpgsig'] == '.sig':
@@ -91,36 +101,46 @@ def downloadTarball(build):
             gpg_verify = gpg.verify_data(sig, tarball_data_in)
             tarball_data.close()
             if not gpg_verify:
-                exit("There was a failure checking {0} against {1}. Please investigate.".format(
-                                 sig, tarball_path[a]))
+                exit("{0}: There was a failure checking {1} against {2}. Please investigate.".format(
+                                                                    datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                                                    sig,
+                                                                    tarball_path[a]))
             os.remove(sig)
 
     return(tarball_path)
 
-def unpackTarball(tarball_path, build):
+def unpackTarball(tarball_path, build, keep = False):
     chrootdir = build['chrootdir']
-    # Make the dir if it doesn't exist
-    shutil.rmtree(chrootdir, ignore_errors = True)
-    os.makedirs(chrootdir, exist_ok = True)
-    print("Extracting the tarball(s). Please wait...")
+    if os.path.isdir(chrootdir):
+        if not keep:
+            # Make the dir if it doesn't exist
+            shutil.rmtree(chrootdir, ignore_errors = True)
+            os.makedirs(chrootdir, exist_ok = True)
+    else:
+        os.makedirs(chrootdir, exist_ok = True)
     # Open and extract the tarball
-    for a in build['arch']:
-        tar = tarfile.open(tarball_path[a], 'r:gz')
-        tar.extractall(path = chrootdir)
-        tar.close()
-        print("Extraction for {0} finished.".format(tarball_path[a]))
+    if not keep:
+        for a in build['arch']:
+            print("{0}: Extracting tarball {1} ({2}). Please wait...".format(
+                                                                    datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                                                    tarball_path[a],
+                                                                    humanize.naturalsize(
+                                                                        os.path.getsize(tarball_path[a]))))
+            tar = tarfile.open(tarball_path[a], 'r:gz')
+            tar.extractall(path = chrootdir)
+            tar.close()
+            print("{0}: Extraction for {1} finished.".format(datetime.datetime.now(), tarball_path[a]))
 
-def buildChroot(build):
+def buildChroot(build, keep = False):
     dlpath = build['dlpath']
     chrootdir = build['chrootdir']
     arch = build['arch']
     extradir = build['basedir'] + '/extra'
-    unpack_me = unpackTarball(downloadTarball(build), build)
+    unpack_me = unpackTarball(downloadTarball(build), build, keep)
     # build dict of lists of files and dirs from pre-build.d dir, do the same with arch-specific changes.
     prebuild_overlay = {}
     prebuild_arch_overlay = {}
     for x in arch:
-        os.remove('{0}/root.{1}/README'.format(chrootdir, x))
         prebuild_arch_overlay[x] = {}
         for y in ['files', 'dirs']:
             prebuild_overlay[y] = []
@@ -182,7 +202,7 @@ def prepChroot(build, bdisk, user):
         build['buildnum'] = 0
     build['buildnum'] += 1
     with open(dlpath + '/buildnum', 'w+') as f:
-        f.write(str(build['buildnum']))
+        f.write(str(build['buildnum']) + "\n")
     # and now that we have that dict, let's write out the VERSION_INFO.txt file.
     loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(templates_dir)
     env = jinja2.Environment(loader = loader)
@@ -208,6 +228,7 @@ def postChroot(build):
     postbuild_overlay = {}
     postbuild_arch_overlay = {}
     for x in arch:
+        os.remove('{0}/root.{1}/README'.format(chrootdir, x))
         postbuild_arch_overlay[x] = {}
         for y in ['files', 'dirs']:
             postbuild_overlay[y] = []
diff --git a/docs/TODO b/docs/TODO
index f0b8772..8a17eb1 100644
--- a/docs/TODO
+++ b/docs/TODO
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 -- https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench
 -- (http://blog.due.io/2014/linode-digitalocean-and-vultr-comparison/ etc.)
 -implement pyalpm to decreate dependency on chroot pacman-ing?
+--or even maybe https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/offline_installation_of_packages in pure python!
 
 
 ## NETWORKING ##
diff --git a/extra/pre-build.d/etc/locale.nopurge b/extra/pre-build.d/etc/locale.nopurge
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2a6a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/pre-build.d/etc/locale.nopurge
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+####################################################
+# This is the configuration file for localepurge(8).
+####################################################
+# Comment this to enable localepurge.
+# NO COMMENT IT IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT ARE YOU DOING
+# THIS APP DO NOT ASK FOR CONFIRMATION
+
+#NEEDSCONFIGFIRST
+
+####################################################
+# Uncommenting this string enables removal of localized
+# man pages based on the configuration information for
+# locale files defined below:
+
+MANDELETE
+
+####################################################
+# Uncommenting this string causes localepurge to simply delete
+# locales which have newly appeared on the system without
+# bothering you about it:
+
+#DONTBOTHERNEWLOCALE
+
+#####################################################
+# Commenting out this string enables faster but less
+# accurate calculation of freed disk space:
+
+#QUICKNDIRTYCALC
+
+####################################################
+# Uncommenting this string enables display of freed disk
+# space if localepurge has purged any superfluous data:
+
+SHOWFREEDSPACE
+
+#####################################################
+# Commenting out this string disables verbose output:
+
+#VERBOSE
+
+#####################################################
+# You like Colors?
+
+NOCOLOR
+
+#####################################################
+# You can use the -v -d -nc options in command line.
+
+#####################################################
+# Following locales won't be deleted from this system
+# for example:
+en
+en_GB
+en_GB.UTF-8
+en_US
+en_US.UTF-8
diff --git a/extra/pre-build.d/root/packages.both b/extra/pre-build.d/root/packages.both
index 67de7fb..9abd37b 100644
--- a/extra/pre-build.d/root/packages.both
+++ b/extra/pre-build.d/root/packages.both
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bin86
 bind-tools
 binutils
 bluez-utils
-#bonnie++ ## TODO: ugh. apacman has a new "regex mode"... that you can't disable. https://github.com/oshazard/apacman/issues/79
+bonnie++ ## TODO: ugh. apacman has a new "regex mode"... that you can't disable. https://github.com/oshazard/apacman/issues/79
 boxbackup-client
 boxbackup-server
 bozocrack-git
diff --git a/extra/pre-build.d/root/pre-build.sh b/extra/pre-build.d/root/pre-build.sh
index e31d786..e0bfdfc 100755
--- a/extra/pre-build.d/root/pre-build.sh
+++ b/extra/pre-build.d/root/pre-build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 source /etc/bash.bashrc
 
-# we need this fix before anything.
-dirmngr </dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
-
 # Import settings.
 source /root/VARS.txt
 
@@ -13,6 +10,10 @@ exec 3>&1 4>&2
 trap 'exec 2>&4 1>&3' 0 1 2 3
 exec 1>/var/log/chroot_install.log 2>&1
 
+# we need this fix before anything.
+dirmngr </dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
+locale-gen
+
 cleanPacorigs()
 {
 	for x in $(find /etc/ -type f -iname "*.pacorig");
@@ -20,7 +21,18 @@ cleanPacorigs()
 		mv -f ${x} ${x%%.pacorig}
 	done
 }
-
+getPkgList()
+{
+	if [ -f "${1}" ];
+	then
+		pkgfile=$(cat ${1})
+		echo "${pkgfile}" | \
+		sed -r -e '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' \
+			-e 's/[[:space:]]*#.*$//g' | \
+		tr '\n' ' ' | \
+		sed -re 's/([+\_])/\\\1/g'
+	fi
+}
 # NetworkManager is a scourge upon the earth that must be purged and cleansed.
 ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
 ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
@@ -64,7 +76,8 @@ else
 	TGT_ARCH='i686'
 fi
 # Install some stuff we need for the ISO.
-PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/iso.pkgs.both | tr '\n' ' ')
+#PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/iso.pkgs.both | tr '\n' ' ')
+PKGLIST=$(getPkgList /root/iso.pkgs.both)
 if [[ -n "${PKGLIST}" ]];
 then
 	apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${PKGLIST}
@@ -72,7 +85,8 @@ then
 	cleanPacorigs
 fi
 # And install arch-specific packages for the ISO, if there are any.
-PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/iso.pkgs.arch | tr '\n' ' ')
+#PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/iso.pkgs.arch | tr '\n' ' ')
+PKGLIST=$(getPkgList /root/iso.pkgs.arch)
 if [[ -n "${PKGLIST}" ]];
 then
 	apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${PKGLIST}
@@ -89,10 +103,16 @@ mv -f /boot/vmlinuz-linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux-${DISTNAME}
 cleanPacorigs
 
 # And install EXTRA functionality packages, if there are any.
-PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/packages.both | tr '\n' ' ')
+#PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/packages.both | tr '\n' ' ')
+PKGLIST=$(getPkgList /root/packages.both)
 if [[ -n "${PKGLIST}" ]];
 then
-	apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${PKGLIST}
+	echo "Now installing your extra packages. This will take a while and might appear to hang."
+	#yes 1 | apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${PKGLIST}
+	for p in ${PKGLIST};
+	do
+		apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${p}
+	done
 	apacman --gendb
 	cleanPacorigs
 fi
@@ -127,17 +147,34 @@ fi
 cleanPacorigs
 mv -f /boot/initramfs-linux.img /boot/initramfs-linux-${DISTNAME}.img
 # And install arch-specific extra packages, if there are any.
-PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/packages.arch | tr '\n' ' ')
+#PKGLIST=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/packages.arch | tr '\n' ' ')
+PKGLIST=$(getPkgList /root/packages.arch)
 if [[ -n "${PKGLIST}" ]];
 then
-	apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${PKGLIST}
+	#apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${PKGLIST}
+	for p in ${PKGLIST};
+	do
+		apacman --noconfirm --noedit --skipinteg -S --needed ${PKGLIST}
+	done
 	apacman --gendb
 	cleanPacorigs
 fi
+# Run any arch-specific tasks here.
+if [ -f '/root/pre-build.arch.sh' ];
+then
+	cnt=$(sed -re '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' /root/pre-build.arch.sh | wc -l)
+	if [[ "${cnt}" -ge 1 ]];
+	then
+		/root/pre-build.arch.sh
+	fi
+	rm -f /root/pre-build.arch.sh
+fi
 # Cleanup
 #yes | pacman -Scc # doesn't parse yes(1) output correctly, it seems.
 # TODO: look into https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Removing_unused_packages_.28orphans.29
 paccache -rk0
+localepurge-config
+localepurge
 rm -f /root/.bash_history
 rm -f /root/.viminfo
 rm -f /root/apacman-*.pkg.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.arch.j2 b/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.arch.j2
index 47140e9..f4acbf6 100644
--- a/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.arch.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.arch.j2
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ LABEL {{ bdisk['uxname'] }}_{{ bitness }}
   ENDTEXT
 
 MENU END
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.multi.j2 b/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.multi.j2
index 99631ff..a79980b 100644
--- a/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.multi.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/BIOS/isolinux.cfg.multi.j2
@@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ LABEL {{ bdisk['uxname'] }}_32
   ENDTEXT
 
 MENU END
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/EFI/base.conf.j2 b/extra/templates/EFI/base.conf.j2
index 090865f..d3793c1 100644
--- a/extra/templates/EFI/base.conf.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/EFI/base.conf.j2
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ title   {{ bdisk['pname'] }} (Media)
 linux   /{% if efi is defined %}EFI/{{ bdisk['name'] }}{% else %}boot{% endif %}/{{ bdisk['uxname'] }}.{% if efi is defined %}efi{% else %}kern{% endif %}
 initrd  /{% if efi is defined %}EFI/{{ bdisk['name'] }}{% else %}boot{% endif %}/{{ bdisk['uxname'] }}.img
 options archisobasedir={{ bdisk['name'] }} archisolabel={{ bdisk['name'] }}
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/EFI/loader.conf.j2 b/extra/templates/EFI/loader.conf.j2
index 5e1c91d..e9c303e 100644
--- a/extra/templates/EFI/loader.conf.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/EFI/loader.conf.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 timeout 3
 default {{ bdisk['uxname'] }}
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/EFI/ram.conf.j2 b/extra/templates/EFI/ram.conf.j2
index 85b61a6..23dc0f9 100644
--- a/extra/templates/EFI/ram.conf.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/EFI/ram.conf.j2
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ title   {{ bdisk['pname'] }} (RAM)
 linux   /{% if efi is defined %}EFI/{{ bdisk['name'] }}{% else %}boot{% endif %}/{{ bdisk['uxname'] }}.{% if efi is defined %}efi{% else %}kern{% endif %}
 initrd  /{% if efi is defined %}EFI/{{ bdisk['name'] }}{% else %}boot{% endif %}/{{ bdisk['uxname'] }}.img
 options copytoram archisobasedir={{ bdisk['name'] }} archisolabel={{ bdisk['name'] }}
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/EFI/uefi1.conf.j2 b/extra/templates/EFI/uefi1.conf.j2
index 2beace3..36246f9 100644
--- a/extra/templates/EFI/uefi1.conf.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/EFI/uefi1.conf.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 title   UEFI Shell (v1)
 efi    /EFI/shellx64_v1.efi
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/EFI/uefi2.conf.j2 b/extra/templates/EFI/uefi2.conf.j2
index da434b8..5b51e83 100644
--- a/extra/templates/EFI/uefi2.conf.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/EFI/uefi2.conf.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 title   UEFI Shell (v2)
 efi    /EFI/shellx64_v2.efi
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/VARS.txt.j2 b/extra/templates/VARS.txt.j2
index 85e82f3..b49809e 100644
--- a/extra/templates/VARS.txt.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/VARS.txt.j2
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export DISTDESC='{{ bdisk['desc'] }}'
 export REGUSR='{{ bdisk['name']|lower }}'
 export REGUSR_PASS='{{ user['password'] }}'
 export ROOT_PASS='{{ bdisk['root_password'] }}'
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/iPXE/EMBED.j2 b/extra/templates/iPXE/EMBED.j2
index 363d58c..69489cd 100644
--- a/extra/templates/iPXE/EMBED.j2
+++ b/extra/templates/iPXE/EMBED.j2
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ dhcp
 #imgverify vmlinuz path/to/vmlinuz.sig
 #imgverify initrd path/to/initrd.sig
 chain {{ ipxe['uri'] }}
+
diff --git a/extra/templates/iPXE/ssl/openssl.cnf b/extra/templates/iPXE/ssl/openssl.cnf
index cbaccf8..7e1192b 100644
--- a/extra/templates/iPXE/ssl/openssl.cnf
+++ b/extra/templates/iPXE/ssl/openssl.cnf
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ keyUsage               = critical,cRLSign,keyCertSign
 [ codesigning ]
 keyUsage                = digitalSignature
 extendedKeyUsage        = codeSigning
+