I was able to autostart my asterisk using debian update-rc.d but i cant remember how i did that.
update-rc.d asterisk default … somethin like that but im getting error… 
help. thanks.
Dont know debian but I know in centOS (which is RHLE free) it is in /etc/rc.local
in asterisk source directory, do make config
thsi adds config scripts. I know it works for redhat type systems, might also work for others.
same thing works for zaptel too
GOt it. Here are the steps i did for reference.
ln -s /usr/sbin/asterisk /etc/init.d/
update-rc.d asterisk [runlevels]
update-rc.d asterisk default
we just edit our rc.local to run /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk after loading our zap modules and running ztcfg…works like a champ.
i have script in /etc/init.d/asterisk.sh {start|stop|restart}
linked to rc2.d rc0.d and rc6.d which start * and sets debug/verbosity level
Btw i had this problem on Debian:
i edited asterisk.conf and added this:
[options]
verbose => 5
then did:
cd /etc/init.d
ln -s asterisk /usr/sbin/asterisk
update-rc.d asterisk defaults
during boot: asterisk will run w/o CLI and command prompt will not appear
during reset: asterisk will start again
removed the [options] and everything went back to normal.