diff --git a/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-clients b/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-clients
index 6d3b7158..da275045 100755
--- a/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-clients
+++ b/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-clients
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ else
     WORK_BASE="${BASE_DIR}/Work"
     CLIENT_LIST_RUDE="${WORK_BASE}/clients.rude"
     CLIENT_LIST_NICE="${WORK_BASE}/clients.nice"
-    OUTPUT_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/Scenery-0.9.5"
+    OUTPUT_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/Scenery-0.9.6"
     LOG_DIR="${WORK_BASE}/Status"
     SERVER_LOG_FILE=${LOG_DIR}/server.log
     echo "Base directory is $BASE_DIR"
diff --git a/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-server b/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-server
index 6e012dcb..9289da59 100755
--- a/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-server
+++ b/src/BuildTiles/Parallel/fgfs-launch-server
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else
     BASE_DIR=$1
     shift
     WORK_BASE="${BASE_DIR}/Work"
-    OUTPUT_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/Scenery-0.9.5"
+    OUTPUT_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/Scenery-0.9.6"
     MASTER_ON="${WORK_BASE}/Status/MASTER_ON"
     LOG_DIR="${WORK_BASE}/Status"
     LOG_FILE="${LOG_DIR}/server.log"
diff --git a/src/Prep/Tower/telnet.pl b/src/Prep/Tower/telnet.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a738a723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Prep/Tower/telnet.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Written by Curtis L. Olson, started December 2002
+# Some code portions courtesy of Melchior FRANZ
+#
+# This file is in the Public Domain and comes with no warranty.
+#
+# $Id$
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+use IO::Socket;
+
+use strict;
+
+
+sub my_not() {
+    my( $val ) = shift;
+
+    if ( $val eq "true" ) {
+        return 0;
+    } elsif ( $val eq "false" ) {
+        return 1;
+    } elsif ( $val eq "" ) {
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+
+sub get_prop() {
+    my( $handle ) = shift;
+
+    &send( $handle, "get " . shift );
+    eof $handle and die "\nconnection closed by host";
+    $_ = <$handle>;
+    s/\015?\012$//;
+    /^-ERR (.*)/ and die "\nfgfs error: $1\n";
+
+    return $_;
+}
+
+
+sub set_prop() {	
+    my( $handle ) = shift;
+    my( $prop ) = shift;
+    my( $value ) = shift;
+
+    &send( $handle, "set $prop $value");
+
+    # eof $handle and die "\nconnection closed by host";
+}
+
+
+sub send() {
+    my( $handle ) = shift;
+
+    print $handle shift, "\015\012";
+}
+
+
+sub connect() {
+    my( $host ) = shift;
+    my( $port ) = shift;
+    my( $timeout ) = (shift || 120);
+    my( $socket );
+    STDOUT->autoflush(1);
+    while ($timeout--) {
+        if ($socket = IO::Socket::INET->new( Proto => 'tcp',
+                                             PeerAddr => $host,
+                                             PeerPort => $port) )
+        {
+            $socket->autoflush(1);
+            return $socket;
+        }	
+        print "Attempting to connect to $host ... " . $timeout . "\n";
+        sleep(1);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+return 1;                    # make perl happy
diff --git a/src/Utils/cdrom/1-gen-layout-map.pl b/src/Utils/cdrom/1-gen-layout-map.pl
index 28944049..a656bcd5 100755
--- a/src/Utils/cdrom/1-gen-layout-map.pl
+++ b/src/Utils/cdrom/1-gen-layout-map.pl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $tgzdir = "/stage/fgfs03/curt/Scenery/Scenery-0.9.5";
 $verbose = 0;
 
 if ( $#ARGV < 0 ) {
-    die "usage: $0 <disk_size_mb>\n";
+    die "usage: $0 <disk_size_mb>  (DVD=4500, CDROM=700)\n";
 } else {
     $disksize = shift(@ARGV);
 }
diff --git a/src/Utils/cdrom/3-make-dvd-image b/src/Utils/cdrom/3-make-dvd-image
index ac7260ce..61a6dc57 100755
--- a/src/Utils/cdrom/3-make-dvd-image
+++ b/src/Utils/cdrom/3-make-dvd-image
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-if [ "x${1}" == "x" ]; then 
+if [ "x${2}" == "x" ]; then 
     echo "cd one level above the source directory and specify it's short name"
     echo "as arg $1"
+    echo
+    echo "usage: $0 <source_dir> <dest_dir>"
     exit
 fi
 
 VERSION=0.9.5
 SOURCE=$1
+DEST=$2
 VOLUME_ID=FG_Scenery_${SOURCE}_v${VERSION}
 PUBLISHER=curt@flightgear.org
 PREPAIRER=curt@flightgear.org
 # COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 2002  Curtis L. Olson"
-OUTPUT_IMG=/data1/images/${SOURCE}-${VERSION}.img
+OUTPUT_IMG=${2}/${SOURCE}-${VERSION}.img
 
 # -f = follow symbolic links (the image directories are link trees)
 # -r = Rock Ridge protocol