diff --git a/local.d/hpet.start b/local.d/hpet.start
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..41cdcde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.d/hpet.start
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# /etc/conf.d/local.start
+
+# This is a good place to load any misc programs
+# on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output)
+
+echo hpet >/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
+
diff --git a/local.d/ncq_noop.start b/local.d/ncq_noop.start
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b10b0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.d/ncq_noop.start
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Set on noop scheduler for hdds with NCQ
+for D in /sys/block/sd?; do
+    S=$D/queue/scheduler
+    Q=$D/device/queue_depth
+    if [[ "$(cat $Q)" == "31" ]]; then
+        echo $D: $(cat $S) - set schedule to noop
+        echo noop > $S
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/local.d/sysctl.start b/local.d/sysctl.start
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b48970b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.d/sysctl.start
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# /etc/conf.d/local.start
+
+sysctl --system
diff --git a/local.d/vm.start b/local.d/vm.start
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50255dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.d/vm.start
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# /etc/conf.d/local.start
+
+# This is a good place to load any misc programs
+# on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output)
+
+chmod o+rw /dev/kvm