Hello,

I would like to write a startup script because I have made a copy of my linux distro on my hard drive and I would like it to be mounted automatically when my PC starts up.

Where should I put this script?

I have seen many pages mentioning that startup scripts should be in /etc/init.d/rc<X>.d/, where <X> can be a number between 0 and 6, or S. In which on these directories should I put my script?

My script would be only two lines:

#!/bin/bash
mount -o loop -t iso9660 /data/SuSELinuxPro9.3 /suse

Is it sufficient if I:
- login as root (su)
- copy this script in the correct directory (say, /etc/init.d/rc0.d/, for example)
- make it executable (chmod 744 myscript.sh)
??

Or will it somehow harm my computer.

Thank you for your answer.

I run SuSE 9.3 Professional
On a standard PC.

A bit easier to use /etc/fstab for automounting. Have a look at the lines you already have there and add auto to the options for the partition to have it automounted.

The X depends on the runlevel you start in. You can see this on the "default runlevel" line in /etc/inittab.

But in your case, for mounting an ISO file, the proper place to put this is probably /etc/fstab. You would add a line about like this:
I'm not sure about the syntax, though. I don't have Linux at hand right now.

Yves.

hi,
i am just a linux newbie and was going through this post and a couple of questions popped up. hopefully u would be able to help


a ) why are u mounting the iso image in the first place, i mean like can you use the os on it after mounting or what ???


b ) if i mount an iso image this way, can i get the system to boot from like, if i dont have a bootable cd , but i do have boot images and dont want to boot from a floppy for some reasons.

i would really appreatiate if u could help me out on this...

Hello uzairkhan,

The reason why I wanted to do this is that I regularly use YaST to install new packages. And I don't want to be obliged to insert SuSE's DVD each time I want to install a new package. So I followed the instructions on this page:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/8973.html
But I wanted to have the images mounted automatically, so that I don't have to log as root and do it "by hand" each time I use YaST.

Note: YaST is a tool on SuSE. If you use another distribution, there might be other reasons to be willing to mount an iso image.

I don't know anything about trying to boot from such an image. Sorry about that.

thanx

Hello hello,

I realize today that nobody has actually answered my question yet.

Where should I put a script that I want to be executed at startup time?

I have written a litte shell script, copied it in the directory /etc/init.d/ and a link to it in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/.
The script is executable.

To test it, It writes a little output in a file in the root's home directory.

I have rebooted my PC -> nothing has happened.

This time, my goal is to launch a script that updates my dynamic DNS server (dyndns.org). I use the program called inadyn.

Thank you,

Benjamin