diff --git a/releng/manual_isojigdo b/releng/manual_isojigdo
index 2162d263..9c56b0d8 100755
--- a/releng/manual_isojigdo
+++ b/releng/manual_isojigdo
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ REMOTE_URL="http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/current/i386/is
 REMOTE_IMG="debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso"
 
 # check for required items
-if [ "${RELENG_XORRISO}" == "" -o "${RELENG_DIR}" == "" -o "${RELENG_IMG}" == "" ]; then
+if [ "${RELENG_XORRISO}" = "" -o "${RELENG_DIR}" = "" -o "${RELENG_IMG}" = "" ]; then
  echo -e "\n${SELF}: xorriso_cmd IN_dir and OUT_image are required\n"
  exit 2
 fi
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RES="${RELENG_IMG}.iso ${RELENG_IMG}.new ${RELENG_IMG}.md5 ${RELENG_IMG}.jigdo $
 
 # check whether the binary support JTE
 set +e
-RETSTR_VER_JTE=`"${RELENG_XORRISO}" --version 2>/dev/null | grep -P "(libjte\s+in\s+use)"`
+RETSTR_VER_JTE=`"${RELENG_XORRISO}" --version 2>/dev/null | grep "libjte * in use"`
 RETCODE_VER_JTE="$?"
 set -e
 case ${RETCODE_VER_JTE} in
@@ -89,9 +89,21 @@ esac
 # grab remote ISO image, to decompose
 if [ ! -f "${TMP_DATA_DIR}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}" ]; then
  printf "\n${SELF}: Downloading ${REMOTE_URL}/${REMOTE_IMG}\n"
- wget --no-check-certificate -T20 -t3 -O \
- "${TMP_DATA_DIR}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}" "${REMOTE_URL}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}"
- WGET_RET="$?"
+ if wget -V >/dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+   wget --no-check-certificate -T20 -t3 \
+        -O "${TMP_DATA_DIR}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}" "${REMOTE_URL}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}"
+   WGET_RET="$?"
+ elif fetch -T 20 -o "${TMP_DATA_DIR}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}" \
+            "${REMOTE_URL}"/"${REMOTE_IMG}"
+ then
+   WGET_RET=0
+ else
+   echo
+   echo "FAIL: ${SELF} : Neither wget nor fetch are present and willing to work"
+   cleanup
+   exit 10
+ fi
  case ${WGET_RET} in
      0)
       echo -e "\n${SELF}: Downloading successfully completed.\n"
@@ -137,11 +149,15 @@ APPEND_PART="${GEN_DATA_DIR}/fatpart.fat"
 MKFS_MSDOS="/sbin/mkfs.msdos"
 if [ -x "${MKFS_MSDOS}" ]; then
  "${MKFS_MSDOS}" -n Bla -C "${APPEND_PART}" 8192
+ APPEND_PART_CMD="-append_partition 2 0x01 ${APPEND_PART}"
 else
- printf "\n${SELF}: Not found: "${MKFS_MSDOS}". Install dosfstools."
- printf "\n${SELF}: http://www.daniel-baumann.ch/software/dosfstools/\n"
- cleanup
- exit 7
+ APPEND_PART_CMD=
+
+#  printf "\nFAIL : ${SELF} : Not found: ${MKFS_MSDOS}"
+#  printf "\n${SELF}: Not found: "${MKFS_MSDOS}". Install dosfstools."
+#  printf "\n${SELF}: http://www.daniel-baumann.ch/software/dosfstools/\n"
+#  cleanup
+#  exit 7
 fi
 
 # GENERAL section
@@ -156,25 +172,32 @@ CMD="${RELENG_XORRISO} \
 "
 
 # BOOT section
-if [ -f "${IMG_EXTRACT_DIR}"/"${RELENG_ISOLINUX_BIN}" -a -f "${ISOHYBRID_MBR}" -a -f "${APPEND_PART}" ]; then
-CMD+="\
+if [ -f "${IMG_EXTRACT_DIR}"/"${RELENG_ISOLINUX_BIN}" -a -f "${ISOHYBRID_MBR}" ]
+then
+CMD="$CMD \
  -b ${RELENG_ISOLINUX_BIN} \
  -c ${RELENG_BOOT_CAT} \
  -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
  -isohybrid-mbr ${ISOHYBRID_MBR} \
  -partition_offset 16 \
- -append_partition 2 0x01 ${APPEND_PART} \
 "
 else
  printf "\n${SELF}: FAIL to compose the boot section.\n"
  cleanup
  exit 8
 fi
+if [ -n "${APPEND_PART_CMD}" -a -f "${APPEND_PART}" ]; then
+CMD="$CMD \
+ ${APPEND_PART_CMD} 
+"
+fi
 
 # JIGDO section
 JIGDO_JIGDO=${GEN_DATA_DIR}/${RELENG_IMG}.jigdo
 JIGDO_TEMPLATE=${GEN_DATA_DIR}/${RELENG_IMG}.template
-JIGDO_MAP_RHV=`readlink -e ${RELENG_DIR}`
+
+JIGDO_MAP_RHV=$(cd ${RELENG_DIR} 2>/dev/null && pwd)
+
 JIGDO_MAP="Debian=${JIGDO_MAP_RHV}/"
 
 # create jigdo MD5 list in base64 format
@@ -190,7 +213,7 @@ else
  exit 9
 fi
 
-CMD+="\
+CMD="$CMD \
  -jigdo-template-compress gzip \
  -checksum_algorithm_iso md5,sha1,sha256,sha512 \
  -checksum_algorithm_template md5,sha1,sha256,sha512 \
@@ -201,7 +224,7 @@ CMD+="\
  -jigdo-min-file-size 1024 \
 "
 
-CMD+="${RELENG_DIR}"
+CMD="$CMD ${RELENG_DIR}"
 
 # Run the whole compound command
 echo -e "${SELF}: Creating ISO and jigdo representations:\n$CMD\n"