RE: autoboot ?


Subject: RE: autoboot ?
From: Steve McGrane (steve@globaltap.com)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2000 - 16:23:15 MDT


realistically, if you put your program in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, and make sure
to background it, regardless of wether a user is logged in, this program
will be running.

- Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanja Bucic [mailto:vanjab@UDel.Edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 6:00 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Subject: autoboot ?

hi.
Security is important, I know, but I have an application for a linux box
that requires no security - it will be contained in a aluminum box and will
be flying at 130 000 feet. No people around :-)
But it needs to be insensitive to sudden power failures. It needs to reboot
and continue running the data aquisition applications no matter what
happens.
It is unclear to me how to set up a linux box to boot without user
interaction.
Is there a sensible way of doing that, or will I have to change to a
different OS?

Thanks.



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