diff --git a/classpath/java-lang.cpp b/classpath/java-lang.cpp
index 0f3b838d9b..c5cd630fbf 100644
--- a/classpath/java-lang.cpp
+++ b/classpath/java-lang.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ Java_java_lang_Runtime_waitFor(JNIEnv* e, jclass, jlong pid, jlong tid)
   return exitCode;
 }
 
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_java_lang_Runtime_kill(JNIEnv*, jclass, jlong pid) {
+  TerminateProcess(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(pid), 1);
+}
+
 Locale getLocale() {
   const char* lang = "";
   const char* reg = "";
@@ -468,6 +473,11 @@ Java_java_lang_Runtime_waitFor(JNIEnv*, jclass, jlong pid, jlong)
   return exitCode;
 }
 
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_java_lang_Runtime_kill(JNIEnv*, jclass, jlong pid) {
+  kill((pid_t)pid, SIGTERM);
+}
+
 Locale getLocale() {
   Locale fallback;
 
diff --git a/classpath/java/io/BufferedReader.java b/classpath/java/io/BufferedReader.java
index 236a086b80..2618dfdbd6 100644
--- a/classpath/java/io/BufferedReader.java
+++ b/classpath/java/io/BufferedReader.java
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ public class BufferedReader extends Reader {
           sb.append(buffer, position, i - position);
           position = i + 1;
           if(i+1 < limit && buffer[i+1] == '\n') {
-            position = i + 1;
-            return sb.toString();
+            position = i + 2;
           }
           return sb.toString();
         } else if (buffer[i] == '\n') {
diff --git a/classpath/java/io/InputStream.java b/classpath/java/io/InputStream.java
index a225432044..8e74c2db8d 100644
--- a/classpath/java/io/InputStream.java
+++ b/classpath/java/io/InputStream.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public abstract class InputStream {
   }
 
   public void reset() throws IOException {
-    // ignore
+    throw new IOException("mark/reset not supported");
   }
 
   public boolean markSupported() {
diff --git a/classpath/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java b/classpath/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java
index a2f40bce76..cc3c41e757 100644
--- a/classpath/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java
+++ b/classpath/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java
@@ -12,16 +12,21 @@ package java.io;
 
 public class RandomAccessFile {
   private long peer;
-  private long length;
+  private File file;
   private long position = 0;
-  
+  private long length;
+
   public RandomAccessFile(String name, String mode)
     throws FileNotFoundException
   {
     if (! mode.equals("r")) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+    file = new File(name);
+    open();
+  }
 
+  private void open() throws FileNotFoundException {
     long[] result = new long[2];
-    open(name, result);
+    open(file.getPath(), result);
     peer = result[0];
     length = result[1];
   }
@@ -29,7 +34,15 @@ public class RandomAccessFile {
   private static native void open(String name, long[] result)
     throws FileNotFoundException;
 
+  private void refresh() throws IOException {
+    if (file.length() != length) {
+      close();
+      open();
+    }
+  }
+
   public long length() throws IOException {
+    refresh();
     return length;
   }
 
@@ -38,7 +51,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile {
   }
 
   public void seek(long position) throws IOException {
-    if (position < 0 || position > length) throw new IOException();
+    if (position < 0 || position > length()) throw new IOException();
 
     this.position = position;
   }
@@ -50,12 +63,16 @@ public class RandomAccessFile {
 
     if (length == 0) return;
 
-    if (position + length > this.length) throw new EOFException();
+    if (position + length > this.length) {
+      if (position + length > length()) throw new EOFException();
+    }
 
     if (offset < 0 || offset + length > buffer.length)
       throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException();
 
     copy(peer, position, buffer, offset, length);
+
+    position += length;
   }
 
   private static native void copy(long peer, long position, byte[] buffer,
diff --git a/classpath/java/lang/Runtime.java b/classpath/java/lang/Runtime.java
index a24f850bf3..bf80507deb 100644
--- a/classpath/java/lang/Runtime.java
+++ b/classpath/java/lang/Runtime.java
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ public class Runtime {
 
   private static native void load(String name, boolean mapName);
 
+  private static native void kill(long pid);
+
   public native void gc();
 
   public native void exit(int code);
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ public class Runtime {
     }
 
     public void destroy() {
-      throw new RuntimeException("not implemented");
+      kill(pid);
     }
 
     public InputStream getInputStream() {
diff --git a/classpath/java/nio/Buffer.java b/classpath/java/nio/Buffer.java
index 3de26da72f..c93c11f347 100644
--- a/classpath/java/nio/Buffer.java
+++ b/classpath/java/nio/Buffer.java
@@ -15,45 +15,50 @@ public abstract class Buffer {
   protected int position;
   protected int limit;
 
-  public int limit() {
+  public final int limit() {
     return limit;
   }
 
-  public int remaining() {
+  public final int remaining() {
     return limit-position;
   }
 
-  public int position() {
+  public final int position() {
     return position;
   }
 
-  public int capacity() {
+  public final int capacity() {
     return capacity;
   }
 
-  public Buffer limit(int newLimit) {
+  public final Buffer limit(int newLimit) {
     limit = newLimit;
     return this;
   }
 
-  public Buffer position(int newPosition) {
+  public final Buffer position(int newPosition) {
     position = newPosition;
     return this;
   }
 
-  public boolean hasRemaining() {
+  public final boolean hasRemaining() {
     return remaining() > 0;
   }
 
-  public Buffer clear() {
+  public final Buffer clear() {
     position = 0;
     limit = capacity;
     return this;
   }
 
-  public Buffer flip() {
+  public final Buffer flip() {
     limit = position;
     position = 0;
     return this;
   }
+
+  public final Buffer rewind() {
+    position = 0;
+    return this;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/Processes.java b/test/Processes.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..372513f0c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Processes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class Processes {
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    try {
+      final Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("sleep 10");
+      new Thread() {
+        public void run() {
+          try {
+            Thread.sleep(100);
+          } catch(InterruptedException e) {
+            // ignore
+          }
+          p.destroy();
+        }
+      }.start();
+      try {
+        p.waitFor();
+      } catch(InterruptedException e) {
+        // ignore
+      }
+      long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();
+      if(stop - start > 5000) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("test failed; we didn't kill the process...");
+      }
+    } catch(IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+}