> the proper way to do this is via update-rc.d

    Kewl.  I didn't know about that one.  All I knew was update-modules and update-menus.  I couldn't find any documentation on how Debian was arranged, so had to parse the scripts I managed to notice.  What does update-rc.d do?  I've been adapting some of my old Debian scripts to Slackware.  Was even thinking of using dpkg to automatically maintain my HOWTOs, RFCs, etc.

        Michael