diff --git a/src/.config b/src/.config
index 738c9f178..ef7403396 100644
--- a/src/.config
+++ b/src/.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# If this is the first time you build "Minimal Linux Live", then I suggest you
+# If this is the first time you build 'Minimal Linux Live', then I suggest you
 # go through the README file first.
 
 ###################################################
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.14.4.tar.xz
 
-# You can find the latest GNU libc source bundles here:
+# You can find the latest GNU C library source bundles here:
 #
 #   http://gnu.org/software/libc
 #
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ USE_PREDEFINED_BUSYBOX_CONFIG=false
 # media is writeable, then all changes on the root filesystem are automatically
 # persisted and preserved on reboot.
 #
-# sparse - use sparse file 'minimal.img' with hardcoded maximal size of 1MB (see
-#          xx_generate_iso.sh). The generated ISO image is larger because the
-#          sparse file is treated as regular file. This option requires root
+# sparse - use sparse file 'minimal.img' with hardcoded maximal size of 3MB (see
+#          xx_generate_overlay.sh). The generated ISO image is larger because
+#          the sparse file is treated as regular file. This option requires root
 #          permissions or otherwise sparse file generation is silently skipped.
 #          Sparse file is treated as separate disk image and works fine on FAT.
 #
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ OVERLAY_TYPE=folder
 #
 # Note that if you build any overlay software and you are using sparse image file
 # for the overlay structure then most probably something will go wrong because
-# the overlay software requires more than 1MB free space. The solution is to use
+# the overlay software requires more than 3MB free space. The solution is to use
 # folder overlay or to edit the script 'xx_generate_overlay.sh' and modify it to
 # create sparse image file with bigger size.
 #
diff --git a/src/00_clean.sh b/src/00_clean.sh
index 70c9044ef..9022a046e 100755
--- a/src/00_clean.sh
+++ b/src/00_clean.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** CLEAN BEGIN ***"
 
 echo "Cleaning up the main work area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf work
-mkdir work
-mkdir -p source
+rm -rf $WORK_DIR
+mkdir $WORK_DIR
+mkdir -p $SOURCE_DIR
 
 echo "*** CLEAN END ***"
diff --git a/src/01_get_kernel.sh b/src/01_get_kernel.sh
index 3cc9a4c3e..f88344888 100755
--- a/src/01_get_kernel.sh
+++ b/src/01_get_kernel.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ download_source $DOWNLOAD_URL $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE
 # Extract the kernel sources in the 'work/kernel' directory.
 extract_source $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE kernel
 
-# Just in case we go back to the main MLL source folder.
+# We go back to the main MLL source folder.
 cd $SRC_DIR
 
 echo "*** GET KERNEL END ***"
diff --git a/src/02_build_kernel.sh b/src/02_build_kernel.sh
index b1e344210..8a9be60fa 100755
--- a/src/02_build_kernel.sh
+++ b/src/02_build_kernel.sh
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ set -e
 
 echo "*** BUILD KERNEL BEGIN ***"
 
-cd work/kernel
-
 # Prepare the kernel install area.
-rm -rf kernel_installed
-mkdir kernel_installed
+echo "Removing old kernel artifacts. This may take a while."
+rm -rf $KERNEL_INSTALLED
+mkdir $KERNEL_INSTALLED
 
 # Change to the kernel source directory which ls finds, e.g. 'linux-4.4.6'.
-cd $(ls -d linux-*)
+cd `ls -d $WORK_DIR/kernel/linux-*`
 
 # Cleans up the kernel sources, including configuration files.
 echo "Preparing kernel work area."
@@ -98,13 +97,13 @@ make \
 
 # Install the kernel file.
 cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
-  $SRC_DIR/work/kernel/kernel_installed/kernel
+  $KERNEL_INSTALLED/kernel
 
 # Install kernel headers which are used later when we build and configure the
 # GNU C library (glibc).
 echo "Generating kernel headers."
 make \
-  INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$SRC_DIR/work/kernel/kernel_installed \
+  INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$KERNEL_INSTALLED \
   headers_install -j $NUM_JOBS
 
 cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/03_get_glibc.sh b/src/03_get_glibc.sh
index 58e15636d..c82baa0f7 100755
--- a/src/03_get_glibc.sh
+++ b/src/03_get_glibc.sh
@@ -2,43 +2,24 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** GET GLIBC BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i ^GLIBC_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
+# Read the 'GLIBC_SOURCE_URL' property from '.config'.
+DOWNLOAD_URL=`read_property GLIBC_SOURCE_URL`
 
 # Grab everything after the last '/' character.
 ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
 
-# Read the 'USE_LOCAL_SOURCE' property from '.config'
-USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="$(grep -i ^USE_LOCAL_SOURCE .config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+# Download glibc source archive in the 'source' directory.
+download_source $DOWNLOAD_URL $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE
 
-if [ "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" -a ! -f $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE  ] ; then
-  echo "Source bundle $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE is missing and will be downloaded."
-  USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="false"
-fi
-
-cd source
-
-if [ ! "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" ] ; then
-  # Downloading glibc source bundle file. The '-c' option allows the download to resume.
-  echo "Downloading glibc source bundle from $DOWNLOAD_URL"
-  wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-else
-  echo "Using local glibc source bundle $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE"
-fi
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted glibc.
-echo "Removing glibc work area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf ../work/glibc
-mkdir ../work/glibc
-
-# Extract glibc to folder 'work/glibc'.
-# Full path will be something like 'work/glibc/glibc-2.23'.
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/glibc
+# Extract the glibc sources in the 'work/glibc' directory.
+extract_source $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE glibc
 
+# We go back to the main MLL source folder.
 cd $SRC_DIR
 
 echo "*** GET GLIBC END ***"
diff --git a/src/04_build_glibc.sh b/src/04_build_glibc.sh
index fb9028f8c..a316f8b88 100755
--- a/src/04_build_glibc.sh
+++ b/src/04_build_glibc.sh
@@ -2,47 +2,29 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** BUILD GLIBC BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-# Read the 'JOB_FACTOR' property from '.config'
-JOB_FACTOR="$(grep -i ^JOB_FACTOR .config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
-
-# Read the 'CFLAGS' property from '.config'
-CFLAGS="$(grep -i ^CFLAGS .config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
-
-# Find the number of available CPU cores.
-NUM_CORES=$(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-# Calculate the number of 'make' jobs to be used later.
-NUM_JOBS=$((NUM_CORES * JOB_FACTOR))
-
-# Save the kernel installation directory.
-KERNEL_INSTALLED=$SRC_DIR/work/kernel/kernel_installed
-
-cd work/glibc
-
-# Find the glibc source directory, e.g. 'glibc-2.23' and remember it.
-cd $(ls -d glibc-*)
-GLIBC_SRC=$(pwd)
-cd ..
-
 # Prepare the work area, e.g. 'work/glibc/glibc_objects'.
 echo "Preparing glibc object area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf glibc_objects
-mkdir glibc_objects
+rm -rf $GLIBC_OBJECTS
+mkdir $GLIBC_OBJECTS
 
 # Prepare the install area, e.g. 'work/glibc/glibc_installed'.
 echo "Preparing glibc install area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf glibc_installed
-mkdir glibc_installed
-GLIBC_INSTALLED=$(pwd)/glibc_installed
+rm -rf $GLIBC_INSTALLED
+mkdir $GLIBC_INSTALLED
+
+# Find the glibc source directory, e.g. 'glibc-2.23' and remember it.
+cd $WORK_DIR/glibc
+GLIBC_SRC=$PWD/`ls -d glibc-*`
 
 # All glibc work is done from the working area.
-cd glibc_objects
+cd $GLIBC_OBJECTS
 
-# glibc is configured to use the root folder (--prefix=) and as result all
+# 'glibc' is configured to use the root folder (--prefix=) and as result all
 # libraries will be installed in '/lib'. Note that on 64-bit machines BusyBox
 # will be linked with the libraries in '/lib' while the Linux loader is expected
 # to be in '/lib64'. Kernel headers are taken from our already prepared kernel
diff --git a/src/05_prepare_sysroot.sh b/src/05_prepare_sysroot.sh
index 18cbf52bc..cdeeae0e4 100755
--- a/src/05_prepare_sysroot.sh
+++ b/src/05_prepare_sysroot.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,32 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** PREPARE SYSROOT BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-cd work
-
 echo "Cleaning existing sysroot. This may take a while."
-rm -rf sysroot
+rm -rf $SYSROOT
+mkdir -p $SYSROOT
 
 echo "Preparing glibc. This may take a while."
-mkdir -p sysroot/usr
-ln -s ../include sysroot/usr/include
-ln -s ../lib sysroot/usr/lib
 
-cp -r kernel/kernel_installed/include sysroot
-cp -r glibc/glibc_installed/* sysroot
+# 1) Copy everything from glibc to the new sysroot area.
+cp -r $GLIBC_INSTALLED/* $SYSROOT
+
+# 2) Copy all kernel headers to the sysroot folder.
+cp -r $KERNEL_INSTALLED/include $SYSROOT
+
+# 3) Hack for the missing '/work/sysroot/usr' folder. We link
+#    the existing libraries and the kernel headers. Without
+#    this hack the BusyBox compilation process fails. The proper
+#    way to handle this is to use '--prefix=/usr' in the glibc
+#    build process but then we have to deal with other issues.
+#    For now this hack is the easiest and the simplest solution.
+mkdir -p $SYSROOT/usr
+ln -s ../include $SYSROOT/usr/include
+ln -s ../lib $SYSROOT/usr/lib
 
 cd $SRC_DIR
 
diff --git a/src/06_get_busybox.sh b/src/06_get_busybox.sh
index 2f5753bce..bf89afe14 100755
--- a/src/06_get_busybox.sh
+++ b/src/06_get_busybox.sh
@@ -2,43 +2,24 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** GET BUSYBOX BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i ^BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
+# Read the 'BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL' property from '.config'.
+DOWNLOAD_URL=`read_property BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL`
 
 # Grab everything after the last '/' character.
 ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
 
-# Read the 'USE_LOCAL_SOURCE' property from '.config'
-USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="$(grep -i ^USE_LOCAL_SOURCE .config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+# Download BusyBox source archive in the 'source' directory.
+download_source $DOWNLOAD_URL $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE
 
-if [ "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" -a ! -f $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE  ] ; then
-  echo "Source bundle $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE is missing and will be downloaded."
-  USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="false"
-fi
-
-cd source
-
-if [ ! "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" ] ; then
-  # Downloading BusyBox source bundle file. The '-c' option allows the download to resume.
-  echo "Downloading BusyBox source bundle from $DOWNLOAD_URL"
-  wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-else
-  echo "Using local BusyBox source bundle $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE"
-fi
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted busybox.
-echo "Removing BusyBox work area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf ../work/busybox
-mkdir ../work/busybox
-
-# Extract busybox to folder 'busybox'.
-# Full path will be something like 'work/busybox/busybox-1.24.2'.
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/busybox
+# Extract the BusyBox sources in the 'work/busybox' directory.
+extract_source $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE busybox
 
+# We go back to the main MLL source folder.
 cd $SRC_DIR
 
 echo "*** GET BUSYBOX END ***"
diff --git a/src/07_build_busybox.sh b/src/07_build_busybox.sh
index 4a1e32f23..692eef0a1 100755
--- a/src/07_build_busybox.sh
+++ b/src/07_build_busybox.sh
@@ -2,29 +2,17 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** BUILD BUSYBOX BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-# Read the 'JOB_FACTOR' property from '.config'
-JOB_FACTOR="$(grep -i ^JOB_FACTOR .config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
-
-# Find the number of available CPU cores.
-NUM_CORES=$(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-# Calculate the number of 'make' jobs to be used later.
-NUM_JOBS=$((NUM_CORES * JOB_FACTOR))
-
-# Remember the sysroot
-SYSROOT=$(pwd)/work/sysroot
-
-cd work/busybox
-
-# Remove the old BusyBox install area
-rm -rf busybox_installed
+# Remove the old BusyBox install area.
+echo "Removing old BusyBox artifacts. This may take a while."
+rm -rf $BUSYBOX_INSTALLED
 
 # Change to the source directory ls finds, e.g. 'busybox-1.24.2'.
-cd $(ls -d busybox-*)
+cd `ls -d $WORK_DIR/busybox/busybox-*`
 
 # Remove previously generated artifacts.
 echo "Preparing BusyBox work area. This may take a while."
@@ -67,7 +55,7 @@ make \
 # Create the symlinks for busybox. The file 'busybox.links' is used for this.
 echo "Generating BusyBox based initramfs area."
 make \
-  CONFIG_PREFIX="../busybox_installed" \
+  CONFIG_PREFIX="$BUSYBOX_INSTALLED" \
   install -j $NUM_JOBS
 
 cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/08_prepare_bundles.sh b/src/08_prepare_bundles.sh
index 03d61a9f6..253cd4186 100755
--- a/src/08_prepare_bundles.sh
+++ b/src/08_prepare_bundles.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
 
 echo "*** PREPARE OVERLAY BEGIN ***"
 
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@ echo "Preparing overlay work area."
 rm -rf $SRC_DIR/work/overlay*
 
 # Read the 'OVERLAY_BUNDLES' property from '.config'
-OVERLAY_BUNDLES="$(grep -i ^OVERLAY_BUNDLES .config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+OVERLAY_BUNDLES=`read_property OVERLAY_BUNDLES`
 
 if [ ! "$OVERLAY_BUNDLES" = "" ] ; then
   echo "Generating additional overlay bundles. This may take a while."
-  cd minimal_overlay
+  cd $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay
   ./overlay_build.sh
   cd $SRC_DIR
 else
diff --git a/src/09_generate_rootfs.sh b/src/09_generate_rootfs.sh
index 3faeeb7d4..12a542135 100755
--- a/src/09_generate_rootfs.sh
+++ b/src/09_generate_rootfs.sh
@@ -2,74 +2,69 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** GENERATE ROOTFS BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-# Remember the sysroot
-SYSROOT=$(pwd)/work/sysroot
-
-# Remember the BysyBox install folder.
-BUSYBOX_INSTALLED=$(pwd)/work/busybox/busybox_installed
-
-cd work
-
-echo "Preparing rootfs work area."
-rm -rf rootfs
+echo "Preparing rootfs work area. This may take a while."
+rm -rf $ROOTFS
 
 # Copy all BusyBox generated stuff to the location of our 'rootfs' folder.
-cp -r $BUSYBOX_INSTALLED rootfs
+cp -r $BUSYBOX_INSTALLED $ROOTFS
 
 # Copy all rootfs resources to the location of our 'rootfs' folder.
-cp -r ../minimal_rootfs/* rootfs
-
-cd rootfs
+cp -r $SRC_DIR/minimal_rootfs/* $ROOTFS
 
 # Delete the '.keep' files which we use in order to keep track of otherwise
 # empty folders.
-find * -type f -name '.keep' -exec rm {} +
+find $ROOTFS/* -type f -name '.keep' -exec rm {} +
 
 # Remove 'linuxrc' which is used when we boot in 'RAM disk' mode.
-rm -f linuxrc
+rm -f $ROOTFS/linuxrc
 
 # This is for the dynamic loader. Note that the name and the location are both
 # specific for 32-bit and 64-bit machines. First we check the BusyBox executable
 # and then we copy the dynamic loader to its appropriate location.
-BUSYBOX_ARCH=$(file bin/busybox | cut -d' ' -f3)
+BUSYBOX_ARCH=$(file $ROOTFS/bin/busybox | cut -d' ' -f3)
 if [ "$BUSYBOX_ARCH" = "64-bit" ] ; then
-  mkdir lib64
-  cp $SYSROOT/lib/ld-linux* lib64
+  mkdir -p $ROOTFS/lib64
+  cp $SYSROOT/lib/ld-linux* $ROOTFS/lib64
   echo "Dynamic loader is accessed via '/lib64'."
 else
-  cp $SYSROOT/lib/ld-linux* lib
+  cp $SYSROOT/lib/ld-linux* $ROOTFS/lib
   echo "Dynamic loader is accessed via '/lib'."
 fi
 
 # Copy all necessary 'glibc' libraries to '/lib' BEGIN.
 
 # BusyBox has direct dependencies on these libraries.
-cp $SYSROOT/lib/libm.so.6 lib
-cp $SYSROOT/lib/libc.so.6 lib
+cp $SYSROOT/lib/libm.so.6 $ROOTFS/lib
+cp $SYSROOT/lib/libc.so.6 $ROOTFS/lib
 
 # Copy all necessary 'glibc' libraries to '/lib' END.
 
 echo "Reducing the size of libraries and executables."
 set +e
 strip -g \
-  $SRC_DIR/work/rootfs/bin/* \
-  $SRC_DIR/work/rootfs/sbin/* \
-  $SRC_DIR/work/rootfs/lib/* \
+  $ROOTFS/bin/* \
+  $ROOTFS/sbin/* \
+  $ROOTFS/lib/* \
   2>/dev/null
 set -e
 
 # Read the 'OVERLAY_LOCATION' property from '.config'
-OVERLAY_LOCATION="$(grep -i ^OVERLAY_LOCATION $SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+OVERLAY_LOCATION=`read_property OVERLAY_LOCATION`
 
-if [ "$OVERLAY_LOCATION" = "rootfs" -a -d $SRC_DIR/work/overlay_rootfs ] ; then
+if [ "$OVERLAY_LOCATION" = "rootfs" -a -d $OVERLAY_ROOTFS ] ; then
   echo "Merging overlay software in rootfs."
 
-  cp -r $SRC_DIR/work/overlay_rootfs/* .
-  cp -r $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay/rootfs/* .
+  # With '--remove-destination' all possibly existing soft links in
+  # $OVERLAY_ROOTFS will be overwritten correctly.
+  cp -r --remove-destination \
+    $OVERLAY_ROOTFS/* $ROOTFS
+  cp -r --remove-destination \
+    $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay/rootfs/* $ROOTFS
 fi
 
 echo "The rootfs area has been generated."
diff --git a/src/10_pack_rootfs.sh b/src/10_pack_rootfs.sh
index 383b6906e..88d09a07e 100755
--- a/src/10_pack_rootfs.sh
+++ b/src/10_pack_rootfs.sh
@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** PACK ROOTFS BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-cd work
-
 echo "Packing initramfs. This may take a while."
 
 # Remove the old 'initramfs' archive if it exists.
-rm -f rootfs.cpio.xz
+rm -f $WORK_DIR/rootfs.cpio.xz
 
-cd rootfs
+cd $ROOTFS
 
 # Packs the current 'initramfs' folder structure in 'cpio.xz' archive.
-find . | cpio -R root:root -H newc -o | xz -9 --check=none > ../rootfs.cpio.xz
+find . | cpio -R root:root -H newc -o | xz -9 --check=none > $WORK_DIR/rootfs.cpio.xz
 
 echo "Packing of initramfs has finished."
 
diff --git a/src/11_generate_overlay.sh b/src/11_generate_overlay.sh
index 73b7bf3d5..15281e8b5 100755
--- a/src/11_generate_overlay.sh
+++ b/src/11_generate_overlay.sh
@@ -2,25 +2,26 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo "*** GENERATE OVERLAY BEGIN ***"
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
+echo "*** GENERATE OVERLAY BEGIN ***"
 
 # Remove the old ISO generation area if it exists.
 echo "Removing old overlay area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf work/isoimage_overlay
-mkdir -p work/isoimage_overlay
-cd work/isoimage_overlay
+rm -rf $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY
+mkdir -p $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY
+cd $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY
 
 # Read the 'OVERLAY_TYPE' property from '.config'
-OVERLAY_TYPE="$(grep -i ^OVERLAY_TYPE $SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+OVERLAY_TYPE=`read_property OVERLAY_TYPE`
 
 # Read the 'OVERLAY_LOCATION' property from '.config'
-OVERLAY_LOCATION="$(grep -i ^OVERLAY_LOCATION $SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+OVERLAY_LOCATION=`read_property OVERLAY_LOCATION`
 
 if [ "$OVERLAY_LOCATION" = "iso" \
   -a "$OVERLAY_TYPE" = "sparse" \
-  -a -d $SRC_DIR/work/overlay_rootfs \
+  -a -d $OVERLAY_ROOTFS \
   -a "$(id -u)" = "0" ] ; then
 
   # Use sparse file as storage place. The above check guarantees that the whole
@@ -31,45 +32,44 @@ if [ "$OVERLAY_LOCATION" = "iso" \
   echo "Using sparse file for overlay."
 
   # This is the BusyBox executable that we have already generated.
-  BUSYBOX=../rootfs/bin/busybox
+  BUSYBOX=$ROOTFS/bin/busybox
 
-  # Create sparse image file with 1MB size. Note that this increases the ISO
+  # Create sparse image file with 3MB size. Note that this increases the ISO
   # image size.
-  $BUSYBOX truncate -s 1M minimal.img
+  $BUSYBOX truncate -s 3M $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/minimal.img
 
   # Find available loop device.
   LOOP_DEVICE=$($BUSYBOX losetup -f)
 
   # Associate the available loop device with the sparse image file.
-  $BUSYBOX losetup $LOOP_DEVICE minimal.img
+  $BUSYBOX losetup $LOOP_DEVICE $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/minimal.img
 
   # Format the sparse image file with Ext2 file system.
   $BUSYBOX mkfs.ext2 $LOOP_DEVICE
 
   # Mount the sparse file in folder 'sparse".
-  mkdir sparse
-  $BUSYBOX mount minimal.img sparse
+  mkdir $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/sparse
+  $BUSYBOX mount $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/minimal.img sparse
 
   # Create the overlay folders.
-  mkdir -p sparse/rootfs
-  mkdir -p sparse/work
+  mkdir -p $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/sparse/rootfs
+  mkdir -p $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/sparse/work
 
   # Copy the overlay content.
-  cp -r $SRC_DIR/overlay_rootfs/* sparse/rootfs
-  cp -r $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay/rootfs/* sparse/rootfs
+  cp -r $OVERLAY_ROOTFS/* \
+    $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/sparse/rootfs
+  cp -r $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay/rootfs/* \
+    $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/sparse/rootfs
 
   # Unmount the sparse file and delete the temporary folder.
-  $BUSYBOX umount sparse
-  rm -rf sparse
+  $BUSYBOX umount $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/sparse
+  rm -rf $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/sparse
 
   # Detach the loop device since we no longer need it.
   $BUSYBOX losetup -d $LOOP_DEVICE
-
-  echo "Applying original ownership to all affected files and folders."
-  chown -R $(logname) .
 elif [ "$OVERLAY_LOCATION" = "iso" \
   -a "$OVERLAY_TYPE" = "folder" \
-  -a -d $SRC_DIR/work/overlay_rootfs ] ; then
+  -a -d $OVERLAY_ROOTFS ] ; then
 
   # Use normal folder structure for overlay. All files and folders located in
   # the folder 'minimal_overlay' will be merged with the root folder on boot.
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ elif [ "$OVERLAY_LOCATION" = "iso" \
   echo "Using folder structure for overlay."
 
   # Create the overlay folders.
-  mkdir -p minimal/rootfs
-  mkdir -p minimal/work
+  mkdir -p $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/minimal/rootfs
+  mkdir -p $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/minimal/work
 
   # Copy the overlay content.
-  cp -rf $SRC_DIR/work/overlay_rootfs/* minimal/rootfs
-  cp -r $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay/rootfs/* minimal/rootfs
+  cp -rf $OVERLAY_ROOTFS/* \
+    $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/minimal/rootfs
+  cp -r $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay/rootfs/* \
+    $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/minimal/rootfs
 else
   echo "The ISO image will have no overlay structure."
 fi
diff --git a/src/12_get_syslinux.sh b/src/12_get_syslinux.sh
index ea105aa19..a20e2e620 100755
--- a/src/12_get_syslinux.sh
+++ b/src/12_get_syslinux.sh
@@ -2,44 +2,24 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** GET SYSLINUX BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i ^SYSLINUX_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
+# Read the 'SYSLINUX_SOURCE_URL' property from '.config'.
+DOWNLOAD_URL=`read_property SYSLINUX_SOURCE_URL`
 
 # Grab everything after the last '/' character.
 ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
 
-# Read the 'USE_LOCAL_SOURCE' property from '.config'
-USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="$(grep -i ^USE_LOCAL_SOURCE .config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+# Download Syslinux source archive in the 'source' directory.
+download_source $DOWNLOAD_URL $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE
 
-if [ "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" -a ! -f $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE  ] ; then
-  echo "Source bundle $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE is missing and will be downloaded."
-  USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="false"
-fi
-
-cd source
-
-if [ ! "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" ] ; then
-  # Downloading SYSLINUX source bundle file. The '-c' option allows the download to resume.
-  echo "Downloading SYSLINUX source bundle from $DOWNLOAD_URL"
-  wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-else
-  echo "Using local SYSLINUX source bundle $SRC_DIR/source/$ARCHIVE_FILE"
-fi
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted Syslinux.
-echo "Removing SYSLINUX work area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf ../work/syslinux
-mkdir ../work/syslinux
-
-# Extract Syslinux to folder 'work/syslinux'.
-# Full path will be something like 'work/syslinux/syslinux-6.03'.
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/syslinux
+# Extract the Syslinux sources in the 'work/syslinux' directory.
+extract_source $SOURCE_DIR/$ARCHIVE_FILE syslinux
 
+# We go back to the main MLL source folder.
 cd $SRC_DIR
 
 echo "*** GET SYSLINUX END ***"
-
diff --git a/src/13_prepare_iso.sh b/src/13_prepare_iso.sh
index b9397b9fe..597c7fc79 100755
--- a/src/13_prepare_iso.sh
+++ b/src/13_prepare_iso.sh
@@ -2,58 +2,61 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** PREPARE ISO BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-# Save the kernel installation directory.
-KERNEL_INSTALLED=$SRC_DIR/work/kernel/kernel_installed
-
 # Find the Syslinux build directory.
 cd work/syslinux
 cd $(ls -d *)
 WORK_SYSLINUX_DIR=$(pwd)
-cd $SRC_DIR
 
 # Remove the old ISO generation area if it exists.
 echo "Removing old ISO image work area. This may take a while."
-rm -rf work/isoimage
+rm -rf $ISOIMAGE
 
 # This is the root folder of the ISO image.
 echo "Preparing new ISO image work area."
-mkdir work/isoimage
-
-cd work/isoimage
+mkdir -p $ISOIMAGE
 
 # Now we copy the kernel.
-cp $KERNEL_INSTALLED/kernel ./kernel.xz
+cp $KERNEL_INSTALLED/kernel $ISOIMAGE/kernel.xz
 
 # Now we copy the root file system.
-cp ../rootfs.cpio.xz ./rootfs.xz
+cp $WORK_DIR/rootfs.cpio.xz $ISOIMAGE/rootfs.xz
 
 # Now we copy the overlay content if it exists
-if [ -d $SRC_DIR/work/isoimage_overlay \
-  -a ! "`ls $SRC_DIR/work/isoimage_overlay`" = "" ] ; then
+if [ -d $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY \
+  -a ! "`ls $ISOIMAGE`" = "" ] ; then
 
   echo "The ISO image will have overlay structure."
-  cp -r $SRC_DIR/work/isoimage_overlay/* .
+  cp -r $ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY/* $ISOIMAGE
 else
   echo "The ISO image will have no overlay structure."
 fi
 
 # Copy the precompiled files 'isolinux.bin' and 'ldlinux.c32' in the ISO image
 # root folder.
-cp $WORK_SYSLINUX_DIR/bios/core/isolinux.bin .
-cp $WORK_SYSLINUX_DIR/bios/com32/elflink/ldlinux/ldlinux.c32 .
+cp $WORK_SYSLINUX_DIR/bios/core/isolinux.bin $ISOIMAGE
+cp $WORK_SYSLINUX_DIR/bios/com32/elflink/ldlinux/ldlinux.c32 $ISOIMAGE
 
 # Create the ISOLINUX configuration file.
-cat << CEOF > ./syslinux.cfg
+cat << CEOF > $ISOIMAGE/syslinux.cfg
 PROMPT 1
 TIMEOUT 50
 DEFAULT mll
 
-SAY Press enter to boot Minimal Linux Live or wait 5 seconds.
-SAY Press tab to view available boot entries or enter Syslinux commands directly.
+SAY
+SAY   ##################################################################
+SAY   #                                                                #
+SAY   #  Press <ENTER> to boot Minimal Linux Live or wait 5 seconds.   #
+SAY   #                                                                #
+SAY   #  Press <TAB> to view available boot entries or enter Syslinux  #
+SAY   #  commands directly.                                            #
+SAY   #                                                                #
+SAY   ##################################################################
+SAY 
 
 LABEL mll
         LINUX kernel.xz
@@ -66,11 +69,20 @@ LABEL mll_nomodeset
         INITRD rootfs.xz
 CEOF
 
-# Create UEFI start script.
-mkdir -p efi/boot
-cat << CEOF > ./efi/boot/startup.nsh
+# Create UEFI start script '/efi/boot/startup.nsh'. This script is executed
+# by the firmware on boot. Currently MLL doesn't provide native UEFI stub
+# for boot manager and this script is the only UEFI compliant way to pass
+# the execution from the firmware to the kernel.
+mkdir -p $ISOIMAGE/efi/boot
+cat << CEOF > $ISOIMAGE/efi/boot/startup.nsh
 echo -off
-echo Minimal Linux Live is starting.
+echo.
+echo   ###################################
+echo   #                                 #
+echo   #  Welcome to Minimal Linux Live  #
+echo   #                                 #
+echo   ###################################
+echo.
 \\kernel.xz initrd=\\rootfs.xz
 CEOF
 
diff --git a/src/14_generate_iso.sh b/src/14_generate_iso.sh
index d2b0a10a3..10e4d4eaa 100755
--- a/src/14_generate_iso.sh
+++ b/src/14_generate_iso.sh
@@ -2,33 +2,31 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** GENERATE ISO BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
-if [ ! -d $SRC_DIR/work/isoimage ] ; then
+if [ ! -d $ISOIMAGE ] ; then
   echo "Cannot locate ISO image work folder. Cannot continue."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-cd $SRC_DIR/work/isoimage
+cd $ISOIMAGE
 
 # Now we generate the ISO image file.
 xorriso \
   -as mkisofs \
   -R \
   -r \
-  -o ../minimal_linux_live.iso \
+  -o $SRC_DIR/minimal_linux_live.iso \
   -b isolinux.bin \
   -c boot.cat \
   -input-charset UTF-8 \
   -no-emul-boot \
   -boot-load-size 4 \
   -boot-info-table \
-  ./
-
-# Copy the ISO image to the root project folder.
-cp ../minimal_linux_live.iso ../../
+  $ISOIMAGE
 
 cd $SRC_DIR
 
diff --git a/src/15_generate_image.sh b/src/15_generate_image.sh
index c66986a3d..509a13559 100755
--- a/src/15_generate_image.sh
+++ b/src/15_generate_image.sh
@@ -2,39 +2,40 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Load common properties and functions in the current script.
+. ./common.sh
+
 echo "*** GENERATE IMAGE BEGIN ***"
 
-SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
-
 # Prepare the work area.
-rm -f mll_image.tgz
-rm -rf $SRC_DIR/work/mll_image
-mkdir -p $SRC_DIR/work/mll_image
+rm -f $SRC_DIR/mll_image.tgz
+rm -rf $WORK_DIR/mll_image
+mkdir -p $WORK_DIR/mll_image
 
-if [ -d $SRC_DIR/work/rootfs ] ; then
+if [ -d $ROOTFS ] ; then
   # Copy the rootfs.
-  cp -r $SRC_DIR/work/rootfs/* \
-    $SRC_DIR/work/mll_image
+  cp -r $ROOTFS/* \
+    $WORK_DIR/mll_image
 else
   echo "Cannot continue - rootfs is missing."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ -d $SRC_DIR/work/overlay_rootfs ] ; then
+if [ -d $OVERLAY_ROOTFS ] ; then
   echo "Merging overlay software in image."
 
   # Copy the overlay content.
   # With '--remove-destination' all possibly existing soft links in
-  # '$SRC_DIR/work/mll_image' will be overwritten correctly.
-  cp -r --remove-destination $SRC_DIR/work/overlay_rootfs/* \
-    $SRC_DIR/work/mll_image
+  # $WORK_DIR/mll_image will be overwritten correctly.
+  cp -r --remove-destination $OVERLAY_ROOTFS/* \
+    $WORK_DIR/mll_image
   cp -r --remove-destination $SRC_DIR/minimal_overlay/rootfs/* \
-    $SRC_DIR/work/mll_image
+    $WORK_DIR/mll_image
 else
   echo "MLL image will have no overlay software."
 fi
 
-cd $SRC_DIR/work/mll_image
+cd $WORK_DIR/mll_image
 
 # Generate the image file (ordinary 'tgz').
 tar -zcf $SRC_DIR/mll_image.tgz *
diff --git a/src/16_cleanup.sh b/src/16_cleanup.sh
index ac697149b..7006a23fe 100755
--- a/src/16_cleanup.sh
+++ b/src/16_cleanup.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-SRC_DIR=`pwd`
-
 echo "*** CLEANUP BEGIN ***"
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ] ; then
diff --git a/src/common.sh b/src/common.sh
index f5c59d065..a84f22d41 100755
--- a/src/common.sh
+++ b/src/common.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@
 set -e
 
 SRC_DIR=`realpath --no-symlinks $PWD`
+CONFIG=$SRC_DIR/.config
 SOURCE_DIR=$SRC_DIR/source
 WORK_DIR=$SRC_DIR/work
-CONFIG=$SRC_DIR/.config
+KERNEL_INSTALLED=$WORK_DIR/kernel/kernel_installed
+GLIBC_OBJECTS=$WORK_DIR/glibc/glibc_objects
+GLIBC_INSTALLED=$WORK_DIR/glibc/glibc_installed
+BUSYBOX_INSTALLED=$WORK_DIR/busybox/busybox_installed
+SYSROOT=$WORK_DIR/sysroot
+ROOTFS=$WORK_DIR/rootfs
+OVERLAY_ROOTFS=$WORK_DIR/overlay_rootfs
+ISOIMAGE=$WORK_DIR/isoimage
+ISOIMAGE_OVERLAY=$WORK_DIR/isoimage_overlay
 
 # This function reads property from the main '.config' file.
 #
diff --git a/src/generate_hdd.sh b/src/generate_hdd.sh
index e1c36aa4d..fcc0b869e 100755
--- a/src/generate_hdd.sh
+++ b/src/generate_hdd.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-f" -o "$1" = "--folder" ] ; then
   losetup -d $LOOP_DEVICE
   echo "Detached hard disk image file from loop device."
 
-  chown $(logname) hdd.img
+  # Find the original user. Note that this may not always be correct.
+  ORIG_USER=`who | awk '{print \$1}'`
+
+  chown $ORIG_USER hdd.img
   echo "Applied original ownership to hard disk image file."
 elif [ "$1" = "-s" -o "$1" = "--sparse" ] ; then
   if [ ! "$(id -u)" = "0" ] ; then
@@ -66,8 +69,8 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-s" -o "$1" = "--sparse" ] ; then
   echo "Mounted hard disk image file to temporary folder."
 
   rm -f sparse/minimal.img
-  truncate -s 1M sparse/minimal.img
-  echo "Created new overlay image file with 1MB size."
+  truncate -s 3M sparse/minimal.img
+  echo "Created new overlay image file with 3MB size."
 
   LOOP_DEVICE_OVL=$(losetup -f)
   losetup $LOOP_DEVICE_OVL sparse/minimal.img
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ] ; then
                   contains compatible overlay folder structure.
   -h, --help      Prints this help information.
   -s, --sparse    Create sparse image file formatted with FAT filesystem which
-                  contains sparse image file 'minimal.img' (1MB) formatted with
+                  contains sparse image file 'minimal.img' (3MB) formatted with
                   Ext2 filesystem which contains the actual overlay structure.
 CEOF