diff --git a/powerpc/pmud/pmud.init b/powerpc/pmud/pmud.init
deleted file mode 100644
index 916c2a11d..000000000
--- a/powerpc/pmud/pmud.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../pmud/pmud.init
-# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-#
-# Desc: PowerPC Power Management Unit daemon
-# Runlevel: 80 rcX
-#
-
-PMUD_ARGS=
-
-[ -f /etc/conf/pmud ] && . /etc/conf/pmud
-
-# fixme, make the package honor prefix and thus add D_prefix
-
-main_begin
-
-    block_begin(start, `Starting pmud.')
-        check(`/sbin/pmud $PMUD_ARGS')
-    block_end
-
-    block_begin(stop, `Stopping pmud.')
-        check(`killall -15 /sbin/pmud')
-    block_end
-
-main_end
-
diff --git a/powerpc/pmud/pmud.sid b/powerpc/pmud/pmud.sid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0229ac40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powerpc/pmud/pmud.sid
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+; --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+; This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+; 
+; Filename: package/.../pmud/pmud.sid
+; Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+; 
+; More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+; 
+; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+; the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+; GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+; --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+[general]
+type=daemon
+desc=PowerPC Power Management Unit daemon
+prio=80
+run=D_sbindir/pmud
+runopt=$PMUD_ARGS
+runmode=bg
+conffile=/etc/conf/pmud
+
+[pre-conffile]
+PMUD_ARGS=