To run it at boot time I would think you have to add it to the kernel line of you menu.lst file.

As far as using it to profile a running system(on debian):

1 - make a folder

mkdir tmp

2 - copy the configuration file to that folder

cp /etc/bootchartd.conf ~/tmp

3 - edit the configuration file and change the BOOTLOG_DEST to that folder

BOOTLOG_DEST=~/tmp/bootchart.tgz

4 - change to that directory

cd tmp/

5 - profile the system - for 5 seconds in this example

/sbin/bootchartd start; sleep 5; /sbin/bootchartd stop

6 - create your bootchart

bootchart bootchart.tgz -f png

7 - look in the tmp folder in your home directory for the boochart.png image

As far as using it to profile a application(on debian):

1 - make a folder

mkdir tmp

2 - copy the configuration file to that folder

cp /etc/bootchartd.conf ~/tmp

3 - edit the configuration file and change the BOOTLOG_DEST to that folder

BOOTLOG_DEST=~/tmp/bootchart.tgz

4 - change to that directory

cd tmp/

5 - profile the application - konqueror in this example

/sbin/bootchartd start konqueror

6 - create your bootchart

bootchart bootchart.tgz -f png

7 - look in the tmp folder in your home directory for the boochart.png image

Thats all folks...

 

Now, putting that all together into a script seems to be the way to go. So here goes ...

 

#!bootchart-script

## This script will run bootchart to profile your running system.

## Edit it before running to your preferences.

 

# Create a temporary directory in your home directory for this exercise.

 

# Copy the configurartion file into the working directory.

 

## Edit the configuration file and change the BOOTLOG_DEST to that folder

BOOTLOG_DEST=~/tmp/bootchart.tgz

# I don't know how to do that within this script!

 

## Profile the system - for 5 seconds in this example

/sbin/bootchartd start; sleep 5; /sbin/bootchartd stop

 

## Create your bootchart

bootchart bootchart.tgz -f png

## Look in the tmp folder in your home directory for the boochart.png image

 

## Exit from this script

exit

 

Save the above as a test file, giving it a name with a suffix '.sh' .

 

     File, save as  "bootchart-script.sh"

 

Copy it to the /bin directory .

 

     sudo cp   /home/paul/Documents/MyScripts/bootchart-script.sh /bin/bootchart-script.sh

 

Make it executable.

 

     sudo chmod +rx /bin/bootchart-script.sh

 

Now you can run it with just the command : --

 

     bootchart-script.sh