diff --git a/addons/hw_escpos/controllers/main.py b/addons/hw_escpos/controllers/main.py
index 2ec0036af8d..083e5cd5557 100644
--- a/addons/hw_escpos/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/hw_escpos/controllers/main.py
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ from openerp.tools.translate import _
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# workaround https://bugs.launchpad.net/openobject-server/+bug/947231
+# related to http://bugs.python.org/issue7980
+from datetime import datetime
+datetime.strptime('2012-01-01', '%Y-%m-%d')
 
 class EscposDriver(Thread):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/.gitignore b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b26eafa34d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kernel-qemu
+posbox.img
+raspbian.img
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/fstab b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/fstab
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28898fc8ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/fstab
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+proc            /proc           proc    defaults             0       0
+/dev/mmcblk0p1  /boot           vfat    defaults             0       2
+/dev/mmcblk0p2  /               ext4    defaults,noatime,ro  0       1
+# a swapfile is not a swap partition, so no using swapon|off from here on, use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/init.d/rcS b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/init.d/rcS
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6380e949834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/init.d/rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# rcS
+#
+# Call all S??* scripts in /etc/rcS.d/ in numerical/alphabetical order
+#
+
+/etc/setup_ramdisks.sh
+
+exec /etc/init.d/rc S
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/network/interfaces b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/network/interfaces
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95b6f07524a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/network/interfaces
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# needed for postgresql
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/rc.local b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/rc.local
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..08ca9c555c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/rc.local
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# rc.local
+#
+# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
+# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
+# value on error.
+#
+# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
+# bits.
+#
+# By default this script does nothing.
+
+# Print the IP address
+_IP=$(hostname -I) || true
+if [ "$_IP" ]; then
+  printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /var/run/odoo
+chown pi:pi /var/run/odoo
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/setup_ramdisks.sh b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/setup_ramdisks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..47e11d1bdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_after_init/etc/setup_ramdisks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+# set -o xtrace
+
+create_ramdisk () {
+    ORIGINAL="${1}"
+    RAMDISK="${ORIGINAL}_ram"
+    SIZE="${2}"
+    echo "Creating ramdisk for ${1} of size ${SIZE}..."
+
+    mount -t tmpfs -o size="${SIZE}" tmpfs "${RAMDISK}"
+    rsync -a --exclude="swap" --exclude="apt" --exclude="dpkg" "${ORIGINAL}/" "${RAMDISK}/"
+    mount --bind "${RAMDISK}" "${ORIGINAL}"
+}
+
+# check /proc/cmdline
+
+# bind mount / so that we can get to the real /var and /etc
+mount --bind / /root_bypass_ramdisks
+
+echo "Creating ramdisks..."
+create_ramdisk "/var" "128M"
+create_ramdisk "/etc" "16M"
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/init.d/odoo b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/init.d/odoo
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..9bdaa86c584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/init.d/odoo
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          odoo.py
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog postgresql
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start odoo daemon at boot time
+# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
+# X-Interactive:     true
+### END INIT INFO
+## more info: http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
+DAEMON=/home/pi/odoo/odoo.py
+NAME=odoo
+DESC=odoo
+CONFIG=/home/pi/odoo.conf
+LOGFILE=/var/log/odoo/odoo-server.log
+PIDFILE=/var/run/${NAME}.pid
+USER=pi
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+set -e
+
+function _start() {
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --chuid $USER:$USER --background --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON -- --config $CONFIG --logfile $LOGFILE --load=web,hw_proxy,hw_posbox_homepage,hw_posbox_upgrade,hw_scale,hw_scanner,hw_escpos
+}
+
+function _stop() {
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --oknodo --retry 3
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+}
+
+function _status() {
+    start-stop-daemon --status --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
+    return $?
+}
+
+
+case "$1" in
+        start)
+                echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
+                _start
+                echo "ok"
+                ;;
+        stop)
+                echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
+                _stop
+                echo "ok"
+                ;;
+        restart|force-reload)
+                echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
+                _stop
+                sleep 1
+                _start
+                echo "ok"
+                ;;
+        status)
+                echo -n "Status of $DESC: "
+                _status && echo "running" || echo "stopped"
+                ;;
+        *)
+                N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+                echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/init_posbox_image.sh b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/init_posbox_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..68b64fb94ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/init_posbox_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+# set -o xtrace
+
+__dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+__file="${__dir}/$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+__base="$(basename ${__file} .sh)"
+
+# Recommends: antiword, graphviz, ghostscript, postgresql, python-gevent, poppler-utils
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# GUI-related packages
+PKGS_TO_DELETE="xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg xinit gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-omx gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-libav epiphany-browser lxde lxtask menu-xdg gksu xserver-xorg-video-fbturbo xpdf gtk2-engines alsa-utils netsurf-gtk zenity desktop-base lxpolkit weston omxplayer raspberrypi-artwork lightdm gnome-themes-standard-data gnome-icon-theme qt50-snapshot qt50-quick-particle-examples idle python-pygame python-tk idle3 python-serial python-picamera debian-reference-en dillo x2x scratch nuscratch raspberrypi-ui-mods timidity smartsim penguinspuzzle pistore sonic-pi python-pifacecommon python-pifacedigitalio oracle-java8-jdk minecraft-pi python-minecraftpi wolfram-engine raspi-config libgl1-mesa-dri libicu48 pypy-upstream lxde-icon-theme python3"
+INSTALLED_PKGS_TO_DELETE=""
+set +o errexit
+for CURRENT_PKG in $(echo $PKGS_TO_DELETE); do
+  $(dpkg --status $CURRENT_PKG &> /dev/null)
+  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    INSTALLED_PKGS_TO_DELETE="$INSTALLED_PKGS_TO_DELETE $CURRENT_PKG"
+  fi
+done
+set -o errexit
+
+apt-get -y remove --purge ${INSTALLED_PKGS_TO_DELETE}
+
+# Remove automatically installed dependency packages
+apt-get -y autoremove
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get -y dist-upgrade
+
+PKGS_TO_INSTALL="adduser postgresql-client python python-dateutil python-decorator python-docutils python-feedparser python-imaging python-jinja2 python-ldap python-libxslt1 python-lxml python-mako python-mock python-openid python-passlib python-psutil python-psycopg2 python-pybabel python-pychart python-pydot python-pyparsing python-pypdf python-reportlab python-requests python-simplejson python-tz python-unittest2 python-vatnumber python-vobject python-werkzeug python-xlwt python-yaml postgresql python-gevent python-serial python-pip python-dev localepurge vim mc mg"
+
+apt-get -y install ${PKGS_TO_INSTALL}
+
+apt-get clean
+localepurge
+rm -rf /usr/share/doc || true
+rm -rf /home/pi/python_games || true
+
+# python-usb in wheezy is too old
+# the latest pyusb from pip does not work either, usb.core.find() never returns
+# this may be fixed with libusb>2:1.0.11-1, but that's the most recent one in raspbian
+# so we install the latest pyusb that works with this libusb
+pip install pyusb==1.0.0b1
+pip install qrcode
+pip install evdev
+
+usermod -a -G lp pi
+
+sudo -u postgres createuser -s pi
+mkdir /var/log/odoo
+chown pi:pi /var/log/odoo
+
+update-rc.d odoo defaults
+
+# create dirs for ramdisks
+create_ramdisk_dir () {
+    mkdir "${1}_ram"
+}
+
+create_ramdisk_dir "/var"
+create_ramdisk_dir "/etc"
+mkdir /root_bypass_ramdisks
+
+reboot
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/ld.so.preload b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/ld.so.preload
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e9332843b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/ld.so.preload
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# the used qemu-kernel doesn't work well with this library, so get rid of it
+#/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcofi_rpi.so
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/logrotate.conf b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/logrotate.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ac409b252e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/logrotate.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# see "man logrotate" for details
+# rotate log files daily
+daily
+
+# keep 2 days worth of backlogs
+rotate 2
+
+# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
+create
+
+# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
+#compress
+
+# packages drop log rotation information into this directory
+include /etc/logrotate.d
+
+# no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here
+/var/log/wtmp {
+    missingok
+    monthly
+    create 0664 root utmp
+    rotate 1
+}
+
+/var/log/btmp {
+    missingok
+    monthly
+    create 0660 root utmp
+    rotate 1
+}
+
+# system-specific logs may be configured here
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/logrotate.d/odoo b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/logrotate.d/odoo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..060ec54d012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/logrotate.d/odoo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/var/log/odoo/*.log {
+    copytruncate
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+}
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/rc.local b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/rc.local
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c55290c3978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/rc.local
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# rc.local
+#
+# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
+# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
+# value on error.
+#
+# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
+# bits.
+#
+# By default this script does nothing.
+
+# Print the IP address
+_IP=$(hostname -I) || true
+if [ "$_IP" ]; then
+  printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP"
+fi
+
+/etc/init_posbox_image.sh
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/udev/rules.d/90-qemu.rules b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/udev/rules.d/90-qemu.rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fadedd206fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/udev/rules.d/90-qemu.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+KERNEL=="sda", SYMLINK+="mmcblk0"
+KERNEL=="sda?", SYMLINK+="mmcblk0p%n"
+KERNEL=="sda2", SYMLINK+="root"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/home/pi/odoo.conf b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/home/pi/odoo.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bc0a0d3ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/home/pi/odoo.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[options]
+data_dir = /var/run/odoo
+log_level = error
+logfile = /var/log/odoo/odoo-server.log
+pidfile = /var/run/odoo/odoo.pid
+server_wide_modules = web,hw_proxy,hw_posbox_homepage,hw_posbox_upgrade,hw_scale,hw_scanner,hw_escpos
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_create_image.sh b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_create_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2a2a0dd9425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_create_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+# set -o xtrace
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+   echo "This script must be run as root" 
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+file_exists() {
+    [[ -f $1 ]];
+}
+
+__dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+__file="${__dir}/$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+__base="$(basename ${__file} .sh)"
+
+MOUNT_POINT="${__dir}/root_mount"
+OVERWRITE_FILES_BEFORE_INIT_DIR="${__dir}/overwrite_before_init"
+OVERWRITE_FILES_AFTER_INIT_DIR="${__dir}/overwrite_after_init"
+
+if [ ! -f kernel-qemu ] || ! file_exists *raspbian*.img ; then
+    ./posbox_download_images.sh
+fi
+
+cp -a *raspbian*.img posbox.img
+
+CLONE_DIR="${OVERWRITE_FILES_BEFORE_INIT_DIR}/home/pi/odoo"
+mkdir "${CLONE_DIR}"
+git clone -b 8.0 --no-checkout --depth 1 https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git "${CLONE_DIR}"
+cd "${CLONE_DIR}"
+git config core.sparsecheckout true
+echo "addons/web
+addons/web_kanban
+addons/hw_*
+openerp/
+odoo.py" | tee --append .git/info/sparse-checkout > /dev/null
+git read-tree -mu HEAD
+cd "${__dir}"
+
+# rc.local
+LOOP_MAPPER_PATH=$(kpartx -av posbox.img | tail -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+LOOP_MAPPER_PATH="/dev/mapper/${LOOP_MAPPER_PATH}"
+mkdir "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+mount "${LOOP_MAPPER_PATH}" "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+
+# 'overlay' the overwrite directory onto the mounted image filesystem
+cp -a "${OVERWRITE_FILES_BEFORE_INIT_DIR}"/* "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+
+# get rid of the git clone
+rm -rf "${CLONE_DIR}"
+
+# get rid of the mount, we have to remount it anyway because we have
+# to "refresh" the filesystem after qemu modified it
+sleep 2
+umount "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+
+# from http://paulscott.co.za/blog/full-raspberry-pi-raspbian-emulation-with-qemu/
+# ssh pi@localhost -p10022
+qemu-system-arm -kernel kernel-qemu -cpu arm1176 -m 256 -M versatilepb -no-reboot -serial stdio -append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw" -hda posbox.img -net user,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22,hostfwd=tcp::18069-:8069 -net nic
+
+mount "${LOOP_MAPPER_PATH}" "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+cp -av "${OVERWRITE_FILES_AFTER_INIT_DIR}"/* "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+
+# cleanup
+sleep 2
+umount "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+rm -r "${MOUNT_POINT}"
+
+echo "Running zerofree..."
+zerofree -v "${LOOP_MAPPER_PATH}" || true
+
+kpartx -d posbox.img
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_download_images.sh b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_download_images.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a138e44bfab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_download_images.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+wget 'http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest' -O raspbian.img.zip
+unzip raspbian.img.zip
+wget 'https://github.com/dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel/raw/master/kernel-qemu'