diff --git a/projects/autoinstall/post-install.sh b/projects/autoinstall/post-install.sh
index 647eb39..639e293 100755
--- a/projects/autoinstall/post-install.sh
+++ b/projects/autoinstall/post-install.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ Things that still need doing by hand:
 * copy ssh shared key
 * Create .ssh/config
 Host gitsrv
-HosstName oeeo.few.vu.nl
+HostName oeeo.few.vu.nl
 User git
-IdentityFile ~/.ssh/shared
+IdentityFile ~/.ssh/minix-root-shared
+
 * git config --global user.name "Kees Jongenburger"
 * git config --global user.email "kees.jongenburger@gmail.com"
 * create dot git config and addremote git@gitsrv:minix-usb
diff --git a/projects/autoinstall/startup.sh b/projects/autoinstall/startup.sh
index bdfa861..b808711 100755
--- a/projects/autoinstall/startup.sh
+++ b/projects/autoinstall/startup.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-if [ ! -f minix.postinst.8g.img ]
-then
-	minix.postinst.8g.img
-fi
 DISK_IMAGE=minix.postinst.8g.img
+INSTANCE_NUMBER=1
+
+
+if [ -f .settings ]
+then
+	#allow to override the above settings using a .settings file
+	#with DISK_IMAGE=minix-usb.img for example
+	. ./.settings
+fi
 
 if [ ! -f usbdisk.img ] 
 then
@@ -17,19 +22,22 @@ USB_DISK_PARAMS="-drive id=my_usb_disk,file=usbdisk.img,if=none  -device usb-sto
 
 
 QEMU_PARAMS=$USB_DISK_PARAMS
-INSTANCE_NUMBER=1
 
 
-for i in `seq 1 1 10`
+for i in `seq 0 1 10`
 do
 	if  ! netstat -na  | grep "tcp[^6].*LISTEN"  | awk '{print $4}' | sed "s,.*:,,g" | grep $((4444 + $i)) 1>/dev/null
 	then
-		echo "Free instance found: $i"
 		INSTANCE_NUMBER=$i
 		break
 	fi
 done
 
+if [ ! -f $DISK_IMAGE ]
+then
+	echo "Did not find '${DISK_IMAGE}' to start"
+	exit 1
+fi
 
 SSH_PORT=$((2222 + $INSTANCE_NUMBER))
 MONITOR_PORT=$((4444 + $INSTANCE_NUMBER))
@@ -39,9 +47,8 @@ MONITOR_PORT=$((4444 + $INSTANCE_NUMBER))
 #
 # start qemu with port redirection so sshing to localhost 2222 will ssh into the qemu instance
 # also start the monitor on port 4444 so we can telnet to it.
-echo "starting qemu instance ${INSTANCE_NUMBER} with ssh port ${SSH_PORT} and monitor on port ${MONITOR_PORT}"
+echo "starting ${DISK_IMAGE} qemu instance ${INSTANCE_NUMBER} with ssh port ${SSH_PORT} and monitor on port ${MONITOR_PORT}"
 sleep 2
-exit
 qemu-system-i386 -localtime -redir tcp:$SSH_PORT::22 -m 1024 -hda $DISK_IMAGE -curses \
 	-monitor telnet::$MONITOR_PORT,server,nowait \
 	-enable-kvm -usb  $QEMU_PARAMS