On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:18:47PM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > I need to run a command at boot time, I'm used to putting it in rc.local > in a RedHat system, and I haven't been able to find out where this exists > in Debian. I saw something that said make a bootmisc.sh script, but mine > isn't being run. Any pointers on where to put user specific startup > commands ? (I actually only need to use hdparm to set DMA and 32 bit > access) > > Similarly, I'm running Debian on an iBook, which has no PCMCIA card, yet > the standard boot seqeunce still tries to load it anyway. I see there are > scripts called S20pcmcia and K20pcmcia located in rc[0-6].d, can I simply > delete these or should they be commented out somewhere ?
Yes, you can, they are just symlinks to the real script in /etc/init.d. About custom bootup scripts, you may search more detailed info in the manuals or similar stuff, but you could simply write your own script in /etc/init.d, and symlink it from /etc/rc[x].d, with an appropriate priority. I think there are packages specially made to deal with things like that, i am not sure though, you would have to search a bit. Friendly, Sven Luther
