To Start SER at boot 1. copy directory SER to /Library/StartupItems/ cp -r SER /Library/StartupItems/ 2. To start SER at boot time edit /etc/hostconfig and add a line with: SER=-YES- To manualy start/stop/restart SER try either: /Library/StartupItems/SER/SER start /Library/StartupItems/SER/SER stop /Library/StartupItems/SER/SER restart