I'd like to install NetBSD (amd64 in this case) onto a USB key so the portable system will:
- boot as quickly as possible - run a shell script automatically as soon as it boots - print some information about the machine's hardware to a file - print a message to the console - shut down automatically all without human intervention. Initially I thought it wouldn't be necessary to boot into multi-user mode, but the only way I know to run a script automatically at startup is to use cron's @reboot time, and cron doesn't start in single-user mode. Is there a way to launch a script automatically in single-user mode? Even when using @reboot it was necessary to use the full path to one of the programs that extracts hardware information (dmidecode, which is installed in /usr/local/sbin) in the script. It seems that the path isn't setup at that stage? In an effort to reduce the boot time I moved many files, such as ones related to networking, from /etc/rc.d to another directory. That caused rcorder to generate lots of errors. What's the best way of stopping daemons starting? What's the best way of printing a message (spread over several lines) to the console? Ray
