The rest of Yann E. Morin's install revamp.
diff --git a/applets/install.sh b/applets/install.sh
index d163a2e..2fcd2ae 100755
--- a/applets/install.sh
+++ b/applets/install.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
     echo "No installation directory, aborting."
     exit 1;
 fi
-if [ "$2" = "--hardlinks" ]; then
-    linkopts="-f"
-else
-    linkopts="-fs"
-fi
 h=`sort busybox.links | uniq`
+case "$2" in
+    --hardlinks) linkopts="-f";;
+    --symlinks)  linkopts="-fs";;
+    "")          h="";;
+    *)           echo "Unknown install option: $2"; exit 1;;
+esac
 
 
 rm -f $prefix/bin/busybox || exit 1