diff --git a/nbd/PKGBUILD b/nbd/PKGBUILD
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+#
+# Chakra Packages for Chakra, part of chakra-project.org
+#
+# maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
+# maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
+
+pkgname=nbd
+pkgver=2.9.21a
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Tools for network block devices, allowing you to use remote block devices over TCP/IP."
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://nbd.sourceforge.net"
+license=('GPL')
+source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2
+	nbd.conf.d nbd)
+depends=('glib2')
+md5sums=('4028c77d52a13f16be5e9bf3d3bab27d'
+         '6d746f377a28b92dd2c80f01176cb811'
+         'ab9c431881f5e3c98a8f6c04016f0e00')
+
+build(){
+  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr
+  make
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+
+  install -D -m644 "${srcdir}"/nbd.conf.d "${pkgdir}"/etc/conf.d/nbd
+  install -D -m755 "${srcdir}"/nbd "${pkgdir}"/etc/rc.d/nbd
+}
diff --git a/nbd/nbd b/nbd/nbd
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+. /etc/rc.conf
+. /etc/rc.d/functions
+. /etc/conf.d/nbd
+
+PIDFILE="/var/run/nbd-server.$NBD_PORT.pid"
+PID=`cat $PIDFILE 2>/dev/null`
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    stat_busy "Starting Network Block Device Server"
+    if [ "$PID" = "" ]; then 
+       /usr/bin/nbd-server $NBD_PORT $NBD_DEV $NBD_ARGS 
+    fi
+    if [ "$PID" != "" -o $? -gt 0 ]; then
+      stat_fail
+    else
+      add_daemon nbd
+      stat_done
+    fi
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    stat_busy "Stopping Network Block Device Server"
+    [ ! -z "$PID" ]  && kill $PID &> /dev/null
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+      stat_fail
+    else
+      rm_daemon nbd
+      stat_done
+    fi
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    $0 stop
+    sleep 1
+    $0 start
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"  
+esac
diff --git a/nbd/nbd.conf.d b/nbd/nbd.conf.d
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+#
+# Configuration for network block device (nbd) daemon
+#
+
+NBD_PORT=2000
+NBD_DEV="/srv/http/sysrcd.dat"
+NBD_ARGS="-r"
+