diff --git a/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/installer.sh.in b/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/installer.sh.in
index 6cc81460..6a715a62 100644
--- a/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/installer.sh.in
+++ b/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/installer.sh.in
@@ -25,17 +25,25 @@
 IARCH="@ARCH@"
 ARCH=`uname -m`
 if test "$ARCH" != "$IARCH"; then
-  echo
-  echo "------------------------------------"
-  echo "Installer Architecture: $IARCH"
-  echo "Target Architecture:    $ARCH"
-  echo
-  echo "This installer cannot be used on this"
-  echo "target."
-  echo
-  echo "------------------------------------"
-  sleep 5
-  exit 1
+  :
+else
+  # identify mappings between kernel arch and debian arch
+  case "$IARCH:$ARCH" in
+    armel:arm7l) ;;
+    *)
+      echo
+      echo "------------------------------------"
+      echo "Installer Architecture: $IARCH"
+      echo "Target Architecture:    $ARCH"
+      echo
+      echo "This installer cannot be used on this"
+      echo "target."
+      echo
+      echo "------------------------------------"
+      sleep 5
+      exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
 fi
 case "$ARCH" in
   ppc|powerpc)
diff --git a/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/uboot/builds/Makefile b/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/uboot/builds/Makefile
index 4755bf30..ebd2248e 100644
--- a/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/uboot/builds/Makefile
+++ b/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/uboot/builds/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ __installer: installer.sh __installer_fit_files __installer_platform_files __ins
 	$(ONL_V_at)echo "set -x" >> $(MKSHAR_PERMS)
 	$(MKSHAR) $(MKSHAR_OPTS) "$(INSTALLER_NAME)" $(ONL)/tools/scripts/sfx.sh.in installer.sh *.swi *.itb version-onl.sh boot-config
 	$(ONL_V_at)rm -rf installer.sh *.itb *.swi version-onl.sh autoperms.sh
-	md5sum "$(INSTALLER_NAME)" | awk '{ print $$1 }' > "$(INSTALLER_NAME).md5sum"
+	$(ONL_V_at)md5sum "$(INSTALLER_NAME)" | awk '{ print $$1 }' > "$(INSTALLER_NAME).md5sum"
 
 installer.sh: Makefile $(ONL)/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/installer.sh.in
 	$(ONL_V_GEN)cp /dev/null $@
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ installer.sh: Makefile $(ONL)/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/installer.sh.in
 	  -e "s^@INITRD_ARCHIVE@^$${a}^g" \
 	  -e "s^@INITRD_OFFSET@^$$start^g" \
 	  -e "s^@INITRD_SIZE@^$$sz^g" \
-	  -e 's^@ARCH@^ppc^g' \
+	  -e 's^@ARCH@^$(ARCH)^g' \
 	  $(ONL)/builds/any/installer/new-hotness/installer.sh.in \
 	>> $@
 	$(ONL_V_at)echo "PAYLOAD_FOLLOWS" >> $@