Question : Newbie questions:  Load programs at bootup time?

I'm an absolute newbie who is running a RedHat Linux AS 4 (has "root" access).

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to tell my Linux to load my preferred program at boot time.
(I just installed MySQL ver. 5 but my Linux keeps loading the older MySQL [ver 4] at boot time,
and mysql -V still reveals ver 4 is the default MySQL)

I did a lot of research but couldn't figured it out.
Any help will be appreciated!

Answer : Newbie questions:  Load programs at bootup time?

Hi, I think you are having both versions of mysql installed. Try removing older one, first get the details

rpm -qa | grep mysql          this will give you both versions,then
rpm -e mysql**                    remove older version

then type following to get mysql starting at boot

/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 mysqld on

Hope this helps you
Regards,
AB