>>  I have configured a cron task to start certain virtual machines when kvm
>> host starts at a certain runlevel (3 or 4). My script:

>   @reboot     root    /root/bin/launch_vms

What's the advantage of using cron to do this vs. an init script? It
never occurred to me to use cron for this, so I'm curious why one vs.
the other.

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