I want to run some scripts every time when my RH 8 linux restart , I tried to add it to /etc/inittab , but some scripts will run and some will not run when restart , is there other ways to make the script run when restart ? thx

you can copy the script to the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory of your system. Then create a symlink so that the script will be started when your system starts, you may want to make the symlink to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d.

For example:
, then , after that do Hope that helps

thx reply ,

I think it work , but I want to ask what is mean "S00startscript' , why not just add use the original name ( eg. startscript ) ? what is mean "S00" ? thx.

S00startscript

In red-hat, mandrake, and i think also in fedora all the services and startup scripts are started if they have a capital S, if you want to turn them off you can just change the S to s, or using chkconfig, the name i gave you was just an example, but you need to add a capital S at the beginning, just check the rest of the start up scripts, i'm sure all the ones that are started during boot time have a capital S. Then again i might be wrong because is being a while since i had red-hat, or mandrake, or suse.
Hopefully some else might be sure and correct me or agree with me. Take care

You could also use the /etc/rc.local file. That file is ran last when starting up or rebooting your computer.