diff --git a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/exists b/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/exists
deleted file mode 100755
index f8b85671..00000000
--- a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/exists
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# 2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
-#
-# This file is part of cdist.
-#
-# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#
-# Check whether file exists or not
-#
-
-destination="/$__object_id"
-
-if [ -e "$destination" ]; then
-   echo yes
-else
-   echo no
-fi
diff --git a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/cksum b/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/state
similarity index 59%
rename from conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/cksum
rename to conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/state
index dcad99ba..c68ec2ba 100755
--- a/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/cksum
+++ b/conf/type/__start_on_boot/explorer/state
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# 2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+# 2012 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -18,17 +18,27 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #
-# Retrieve the md5sum of a file to be created, if it is already existing.
+# Check whether the given name will be started on boot or not
 #
 
-destination="/$__object_id"
+os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
+
+case "$os" in
+    debian|ubuntu)
+        echo update-rc.d \"$name\" defaults
+    ;;  
+
+    gentoo)
+        echo rc-update add \"$name\" default
+    ;;  
+
+    centos|fedora|owl|redhat)
+        echo chkconfig \"$name\" on
+    ;;  
+
+    *)  
+       echo "Unsupported os: $os" >&2
+       exit 1
+    ;;  
+esac
 
-if [ -e "$destination" ]; then
-   if [ -f  "$destination" ]; then
-      cksum < "$destination"
-   else
-      echo "NO REGULAR FILE"
-   fi
-else
-   echo "NO FILE FOUND, NO CHECKSUM CALCULATED."
-fi