The boot process

[Gary W. Swearingen]

Tim Penhey <tim at penhey.net> writes:

> Can someone explain the actual boot process?

man boot
man init

> I want this to happen automatically at boot time, but I'm not sure where to 
> put it.  Is there some script that has a boot time hook?  Or do I need to 
> write a script and put it in /etc/init.d ?

You can throw stuff in /etc/rc.local, until you learn the "right" way.