diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 743ee454..96e81cf5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ diststatus:
 distforce:
 	rm -rf /tmp/$(PKG)
 	cp -pPR . /tmp/$(PKG)
+	$(MAKE) -C /tmp/$(PKG) clean
+	(find /tmp/$(PKG) -type d -name .svn -exec rm -rf {} \; 2>/dev/null; exit 0)
 	tar -C /tmp -cvjpf /tmp/$(PKG).tar.bz2 $(PKG)
 	rm -rf /tmp/$(PKG)
 	ls -l /tmp/$(PKG).tar.bz2
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ distforce:
 distit:
 	rm -rf /tmp/$(PKG)
 	svn export . /tmp/$(PKG)
+	$(MAKE) -C /tmp/$(PKG) clean
 	tar -C /tmp -cvjpf /tmp/$(PKG).tar.bz2 $(PKG)
 	rm -rf /tmp/$(PKG)
 	ls -l /tmp/$(PKG).tar.bz2
diff --git a/sh/rc-mount.sh b/sh/rc-mount.sh
index 67ea203f..2084911d 100644
--- a/sh/rc-mount.sh
+++ b/sh/rc-mount.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,14 @@ do_unmount() {
 
 			# OK, try forcing things
 			if [ ${retry} -le 0 ] ; then
-				${cmd} -f "${mnt}" || retry=-999
-				retry=-999
+				local extra_opts="-f"
+				case "${cmd}" in
+					mount*)
+						# Silly reiserfs helper blocks us, so bypass it
+						[ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] && extra_opts="-i" 
+						;;
+				esac
+				${cmd} ${extra_opts} "${mnt}" || retry=-999
 				break
 			fi
 		done