diff -urN e2fsimage-0.2.2.orig/src/e2fsimage.h e2fsimage-0.2.2/src/e2fsimage.h

--- e2fsimage-0.2.2.orig/src/e2fsimage.h	2006-01-12 00:08:58 +0200

+++ e2fsimage-0.2.2/src/e2fsimage.h	2008-02-21 00:34:21 +0200

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@

 	ext2_filsys fs;

 	ext2_ino_t curr_e2dir;

 	const char *curr_path;

+	const char *root_path;

 	inodb_t *ino_db;

 	uiddb_t *uid_db;

diff -urN e2fsimage-0.2.2.orig/src/main.c e2fsimage-0.2.2/src/main.c

--- e2fsimage-0.2.2.orig/src/main.c	2006-01-11 23:57:27 +0200

+++ e2fsimage-0.2.2/src/main.c	2008-02-21 00:33:31 +0200

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@

 			case 'u': e2c.default_uid = atoi(optarg); break;

 			case 'g': e2c.default_gid = atoi(optarg); break;

 			case 'f': e2fsfile = optarg; break;

-			case 'd': e2c.curr_path = optarg; break;

+			case 'd': e2c.root_path = e2c.curr_path = optarg; break;

 			case 'h': usage(argv[0]); return 0;

 			case 'n': create = 0; break;

 			case 's': ksize = getsize(optarg); break;

diff -urN e2fsimage-0.2.2.orig/src/symlink.c e2fsimage-0.2.2/src/symlink.c

--- e2fsimage-0.2.2.orig/src/symlink.c	2005-05-25 21:06:52 +0300

+++ e2fsimage-0.2.2/src/symlink.c	2008-02-21 00:37:06 +0200

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@

 	struct ext2_inode inode;

 	int ret, written;

 	char buf[SYM_BUF_SIZE];

+	char * root_ptr;

+	char *tmpptr;

 	off_t size = 0;

 	struct stat s;

@@ -74,6 +76,30 @@

 	/* populate the new inode */

 	ext2fs_inode_alloc_stats(e2c->fs, e2ino, 1);

+

+	/* open the source file */

+	size = readlink(e2c->curr_path, buf, SYM_BUF_SIZE);

+	if (size < 0 || size >= SYM_BUF_SIZE) {

+		fprintf(stderr, "Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", e2c->curr_path, strerror(errno));

+		return -1;

+	}

+	

+	e2c->cnt->softln++;

+

+	if (e2c->root_path != NULL) { 

+	    root_ptr = strstr(buf, e2c->root_path);

+    	    if (root_ptr != buf) {

+		tmpptr = buf;

+	    } else {

+		tmpptr = buf + strlen(e2c->root_path);

+	    }

+	    strcpy(buf, tmpptr);

+	}

+

+	if (e2c->verbose)

+		printf("Copying symlink %s -> %s\n",e2c->curr_path,buf);

+	

+	s.st_size = strlen(buf);	

 	init_inode(e2c, &inode, &s);

@@ -91,12 +117,23 @@

 		return -1;

 	}

+	e2c->cnt->softln++;

+

+	if (e2c->root_path != NULL) { 

+	    root_ptr = strstr(buf, e2c->root_path);

+    	    if (root_ptr != buf) {

+		tmpptr = buf;

+	    } else {

+		tmpptr = buf + strlen(e2c->root_path);

+	    }

+	    strcpy(buf, tmpptr);

+	}

+

 	if (e2c->verbose)

-		printf("Copying symlink %s\n",e2c->curr_path);

+		printf("Copying symlink %i %i %s -> %s\n",strlen(buf), size, e2c->curr_path,buf);

-	e2c->cnt->softln++;

-	ret = ext2fs_file_write(e2file, buf, size, &written);

+	ret = ext2fs_file_write(e2file, buf, strlen(buf), &written);

 	if (ret) {

 		fprintf(stderr, "Error writing ext2 symlink (%s)\n", error_message(ret));

 		ext2fs_file_close(e2file);

@@ -106,7 +143,7 @@

 	ext2fs_file_close(e2file);

 	/* if this sizes differ its an inconsistency in the base filesystem */

-	if (size != written) {

+	if (strlen(buf) != written) {

 		fprintf(stderr, "Error 'size matters' Size:%ld, Written:%d\n", size, written);

 		return -1;

 	}