[Voyage-linux] problems with executing scripts during boot

[Steen Pedersen]

Thank you both

As the easiest solution was the update-program I tried the update-rc.d
command - and now everything works

Steen

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Gustin Johnson <gustin at meganerd.ca> wrote:
> It is also a good idea to use the update-rc.d program to create the
> actual links.
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Thierry Museux - www.fwt.fr - <tm at fwt.fr> wrote:
>> I got this problem.
>> With squeeze the init process run differently
>> You have to put a header like:
>> vi /etc/init.d/waitforusb
>> #!/bin/sh
>> ### BEGIN INIT INFO
>> # Provides:       waitforusb
>> # Required-Start: $all
>> # Required-Stop: $network
>> # Default-Start:  2 3 5
>> # Default-Stop:
>> # Description:    Wait my usb disk
>> ### END INIT INFO
>>
>> echo "sleep 20 then mount"
>> sleep 20
>> mount -a
>> echo "restart samba"
>> sleep 5
>> /etc/init.d/samba restart
>> sleep 10
>> minidlna -R
>>
>> run
>> insserv waitforusb
>>
>>
>> and it should be OK
>>
>> or run you script in /etc/rc.local
>>
>> Thierry Museux
>> France Wireless Technologies
>> www.fwt.fr
>> msn: tm at fwt.fr
>> Tel: + 33 (0) 1 41 08 70 78
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>>
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : voyage-linux-bounces+tm=fwt.fr at list.voyage.hk
>> [mailto:voyage-linux-bounces+tm=fwt.fr at list.voyage.hk] De la part de Steen
>> Pedersen
>> Envoyé : dimanche 4 décembre 2011 11:26
>> À : voyage-linux at voyage.hk
>> Objet : [Voyage-linux] problems with executing scripts during boot
>>
>> Hi I need to execute a script during booting (I need to make sure the
>> extern USB HDD is mounted - which sometime it isn't). I think that
>> sometime Voyage starts so fast that it isn't ready when Voyage tries
>> to mount it.
>> I therefore would like to remount it, restart Samba and Minidlna late
>> in the booting process.
>>
>> So I would like to execute this script (waitforusb) during booting.
>> Therefore I made the file waitforusb and put it here;
>> /etc/init.d/waitforusb
>>
>> Waitforusb contains this:
>> #!/bin/sh
>> echo "sleep 20 then mount"
>> sleep 20
>> mount -a
>> echo "restart samba"
>> sleep 5
>> /etc/init.d/samba restart
>> sleep 10
>> minidlna -R
>>
>> Then I did:
>> #chmod 755 /etc/init.d/waitforusb
>>
>> Then I made links in the different runlevels
>> #ln -s /etc/init.d/waitforusb /etc/rcS.d/S25waitforusb
>> #ln -s /etc/init.d/waitforusb /etc/rc2.d/S25waitforusb
>> #ln -s /etc/init.d/waitforusb /etc/rc3.d/S25waitforusb
>> #ln -s /etc/init.d/waitforusb /etc/rc4.d/S25waitforusb
>> #ln -s /etc/init.d/waitforusb /etc/rc5.d/S25waitforusb
>>
>> BUT it wont execute during boot.
>>
>> If I after a boot write
>> # /etc/init.d/waitforusb
>>
>> Then it execute fine - so why isn't it run during booting?
>>
>> Please excuse if this is a simple question, but I'm very new to linux.
>>
>> Regards
>> Steen
>>
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