Set up Icecast, continued Start icecast when the system boots Edit /etc/rc.local to include a section like this: if [ "$1" = "" -o "$1" = "icecast" ]; then if [ -x /usr/local/bin/icecast -a \ -f /var/icecast/icecast.xml ]; then echo -n ' icecast' /usr/local/bin/icecast -b \ -c /var/icecast/icecast.xml > /dev/null fi fi Note: This section must appear before the section for mpd. I put it immediately before mpd.