-scp /a/bin/devbyid root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/nfsroot/usr/local/bin
-# built this with mk-basefile -J BELENOS64. it's stored in it's own repo which
-# is published alongside this one called fai-basefiles due
-# to being a large binary file.
-scp /a/bin/fai-basefiles/BELENOS64.tar.xz root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/config/basefiles
+
+# should tar ssh all the files, but these ones really justified it
+tar -cz /p/c/machine_specific/*/filesystem/etc/ssh | \
+ ssh root@$faiserver_host tar -xz -C /srv/fai/config/distro-install-common
+scp -q /a/bin/fai/devbyid root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/nfsroot/usr/local/bin
+
+
+# built BELANOS basefile with mk-basefile -J BELENOS64. it's stored in
+# it's own repo which is published alongside this one called
+# fai-basefiles due to being a large binary file.
+scp -q /a/bin/fai-basefiles/*.tar.xz root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/config/basefiles