Run script on boot

[swartjean]

Hi there,

I am trying to run a script on boot and the instructions online seem to be to edit the /opt/etc/init.d/rcS file to append my commands.

However, the closest to that directory I have is /opt/redpitaya/etc/ and there is no init.d contained in that directory. The only contents of /etc/ are fw_env.config and network.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

Thanks very much

[Nils Roos]

Unfortunately, the wiki is still not up to date with the 0.94 ecosystem, so any information about the OS and build process you find there is likely outdated. Look through the various README's in the github repository instead.

With the change to Debian 8 the startup is now based on systemd instead of System V. /etc/init.d/rcS still exists, but does not seem to be used. If you want to have your script run during startup, I guess you'll have to content with systemd, if running at login is sufficient, you could call it from /root/.bashrc .

[pavel]

I'd say that the easiest way to run the commands automatically at boot is to add them to

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/etc/rc.local

[swartjean]

Thanks both of you.

Pavel, that's working perfectly for me.

[swartjean]

Hi there,

One more question, do you know how I can put the filesystem into read-write mode on boot?
I have tried to add rw to rc.local to no avail.

Thanks very much.

[bryan.hayes]

I know I'm a year and a half late to the party, but I'm having issues with rc.local. The RP runs scripts beautifully at boot for an arbitrary number of times. Randomly the RP freezes on boot and I'm forced to remake the SD card image. More detail here:

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