On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:42:08PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Julian Gilbey writes: > > /etc/rc.boot is deprecated. > > >From debian-policy (2.5.1.0, current according to apt): > > 3.3.4. Boot-time initialization > ------------------------------- > > There is another directory, `/etc/rc.boot', which contains scripts > which are run once per machine boot. This facility is provided for > initialization of hardware devices, cleaning up of leftover files, and > so forth.
rc.boot was replaced by rcS.d. Julian was almost right; you should put the script in /etc/init.d, but not link it with update-rc.d like every other, only to rcS.d. Quite a few packages already do this so it should not be too hard to find examples. I did it in cnews for example (moved from rc.boot). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex-VK3TYD). CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
