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Scripts which are run as root on system startup.

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# I could have put 'xdm' first so it starts up really quickly.
#xdm
# But this will keep xdm running even after I exit it.  It must be the last entry in this file.
until /usr/bin/xdm; do :; done

older than 2009-03-17 ∞

# Meh, it seems to slow down my system:
# /sbin/hdparm -a8 -c1 -d1 -k1 -m16 -u1 -W1 /dev/hda
 
# To benchmark, do:
# /sbin/hdparm -t /dev/hda