diff --git a/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit b/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit
index 13310bc58..ab59e0c4c 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit
+++ b/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ start()
 			;;
 		"fuse")
 			mkdir -p /Transfuse
-			mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,dfltuid=1001,dfltgid=50,version=9p2000 fuse /Transfuse
+			mkdir -p /Mac
+			mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,dfltuid=1001,dfltgid=50,version=9p2000,msize=32768 fuse /Transfuse
 			;;
 		"db")
 			mkdir -p /Database
diff --git a/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/etc/init.d/9pudfuse b/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/etc/init.d/9pudfuse
index ea8abc289..68bb02a54 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/etc/init.d/9pudfuse
+++ b/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/etc/init.d/9pudfuse
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ start()
 #		--pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \
 #		-- -path /Transfuse
 #	eend $? "Failed to start 9pudfuse"
-        mkdir -p /Mac
         OCAMLRUNPARAM=b /sbin/9pudfuse &
 }
 
diff --git a/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/fuse_socket_9p.ml b/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/fuse_socket_9p.ml
index bfda8a47a..104ce47f3 100644
--- a/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/fuse_socket_9p.ml
+++ b/alpine/packages/9pudfuse/fuse_socket_9p.ml
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ let finally f at_end =
 let copy description dst src =
   let sz = 1 lsl 16 in
   let buf = Bytes.create sz in
-  let pnum = ref 0 in
+  (*let pnum = ref 0 in*)
   let rec loop () =
     let n = Unix.read src buf 0 sz in
     (if n = 0 then raise ReadClosed);
-
+(*
     let fd = Unix.(
       openfile ("/tmp/"^description^"_"^(string_of_int !pnum))
         [O_WRONLY; O_CREAT] 0o600) in
@@ -50,8 +50,15 @@ let copy description dst src =
     assert (k = n);
     Unix.close fd;
     incr pnum;
-    
-    let written = Unix.write dst buf 0 n in
+*)
+    let written = try
+        Unix.write dst buf 0 n
+      with
+      | Unix.Unix_error (Unix.EINVAL, "write", _) ->
+        failwith ("copy write for "^description^" failed with EINVAL")
+      | Unix.Unix_error (Unix.ENOENT, "write", _) ->
+        failwith ("copy write for "^description^" failed with ENOENT")
+    in
     (if n <> written
      then Log.error "copy of %s read %d but wrote %d" description n written);
     loop ()