diff --git a/bin/installbfa.sh b/bin/installbfa.sh
index 8b6ddd4585255fe12c852178d04262532f483a2b..906aa401693add2762cb732c161cd2743e3db5a3 100755
--- a/bin/installbfa.sh
+++ b/bin/installbfa.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 NODEJSPGP=0x68576280
 
+# /root often does not have enough space, so we create a directory in /home
+# for building, which we hope has more space.
+NEW=/home/root/new
+
 trap 'exit 1' ERR
 set -o errtrace
 # Be verbose
@@ -62,8 +66,8 @@ function golanginstall
     if [ ! -d /usr/local/go ]
     then
         info Downloading package of go binaries.
-        mkdir -p ~/new
-        cd       ~/new
+        mkdir -p ${NEW}
+        cd       ${NEW}
         local arch=
         case "$(uname -m)" in
             x86_64)
@@ -105,21 +109,21 @@ function golanginstall
 
 function gethinstall
 {
-    mkdir -p ~/new
-    cd       ~/new
+    mkdir -p ${NEW}
+    cd       ${NEW}
     info Download geth source code.
     test -d go-ethereum ||
         git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
-    cd      ~/new/go-ethereum
+    cd      ${NEW}/go-ethereum
     info Running git pull to ensure that the local go-ethereum repo is up-to-date.
     git pull
     #
-    cd ~/new/go-ethereum
+    cd ${NEW}/go-ethereum
     info Compiling geth
     make all &&
       echo Ignore that last line, if it tells you to run geth now.
     mkdir -p ~bfa/bin
-    cp -vp ~/new/go-ethereum/build/bin/{geth,bootnode,abigen,ethkey,puppeth,rlpdump,wnode,swarm,swarm-smoke} ~bfa/bin/
+    cp -vp ${NEW}/go-ethereum/build/bin/{geth,bootnode,abigen,ethkey,puppeth,rlpdump,wnode,swarm,swarm-smoke} ~bfa/bin/
     chown -R bfa:bfa ~bfa
 }
 
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ function welcome
 
 
 # development tools
-aptinstall dirmngr apt-transport-https curl git curl build-essential
+aptinstall dirmngr apt-transport-https curl git curl build-essential sudo
 usersetup
 nodejsinstall
 web3install
diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
index d1d9e09786847aea4adbc66d017ab4f0c5d87aa1..de2bb17263c36f347e4b6f9174205087a8935f55 100755
--- a/bin/start.sh
+++ b/bin/start.sh
@@ -3,25 +3,27 @@
 if [ -z "${BFAHOME}" ]; then echo "\$BFAHOME not set. Did you source bfa/bin/env ?" >&2; exit 1; fi
 source ${BFAHOME}/bin/libbfa.sh || exit 1
 
-bootnodeid=6c81b38551fec2f1142b58ed65137cc1b7dfdc7b35bc556ef26604c41e30fcdeb12212b3c19913584f71dc7bf87d76cd67fa523e96996c0f148390fb76fdc5f7
-bootnodev6=2800:40:1:6::135
-bootnodev4=200.68.65.135
-bootnodeport=30301
-bootnodes="enode://${bootnodeid}@[$bootnodev6]:${bootnodeport},enode://${bootnodeid}@[$bootnodev4]:${bootnodeport}"
+bootNICv4="enode://37614dc9f5e94efc45eb533ac02e9f1d693c47f0537d818b222f02e1e6d73cf9@[200.108.146.101]:30301"
+bootnodes="${bootNICv4}"
 
 function accountlist
 {
     local accts=
-    for file in ${BFANODEDIR}/keystore/*--*
+    local filename
+    for filename in ${BFANODEDIR}/keystore/*--*
     do
-	if [ -r "$file" ]
+	if [ -r "$filename" -a ${#filename} -ge 40 ]
 	then
-	    acct=$( echo $file | sed 's/^.*--//' )
+	    acct=${filename:$(( ${#filename} - 40 ))}
 	    accts="${accts},${acct}"
 	fi
     done
-    # strip first comma
-    echo "--password /dev/null --unlock ${accts:1}"
+    # strip leading comma
+    accts=${accts#,}
+    if [ ${#accts} -ge 40 ]
+    then
+        echo "--password /dev/null --unlock ${accts}"
+    fi
 }
 
 # touch the "miner" file if you are authorized to mine
@@ -44,15 +46,19 @@ function getsyncmode
     echo "--syncmode ${syncmode}"
 }
 
+test -n "${BFAACCOUNT}"     ||
+    fatal "No account defined."
+
+if [ -t 1 ]
+then
+    echo Logging everything to ${BFANODEDIR}/log
+    echo Consider running: tail -n 1000 -F ${BFANODEDIR}/log
+fi
 
-# Start the miner.
+# Start the node.
 (
+    echo ${BASHPID} > ${BFANODEDIR}/start-loop.pid
     flock --nonblock --exclusive 9 || exit 1
-    if [ -t 1 ]
-    then
-        echo Logging everything to ${BFANODEDIR}/log
-        echo Consider running: tail -n 1000 -F ${BFANODEDIR}/log
-    fi
     while :
     do
         echo
@@ -79,4 +85,4 @@ function getsyncmode
         wait
         sleep 60
     done 2>&1 | ${BFAHOME}/bin/log.sh ${BFANODEDIR}/log &
-) 9>> ${BFANODEDIR}/geth.pid
+) 9>> ${BFANODEDIR}/start-loop.pid