title: Executing a script on startup using BeagleBone Black
body: <p>I have an <code>a.out</code> which I want to run when my <a href="http://beagleboard.org/bone" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BeagleBone</a> boots up. It is actually a socket server which I want to start as soon as the BeagleBone powers up. I tried to put this in <code>/etc/init.d</code>, but it didn't help. I wrote a shell script to run this executable but even that did not help.</p>
  
  <p>What can I do to make a script run as soon as it boots up?</p>