How does one run a shell script at system startup?

Hi,
I am trying to unmount my Boot Camp hard drive on my MacBook Pro. Now what I could do is create an automator action, save it as an application and then put it into my user´s login items. I am wondering though - shouldnt it be possible to run a simple shell script command like +diskutil unmount /Volumes/"Boot Camp"+ sometime during the startup process?
Or to put it another way - is there an easy way to do this or do i have to create an manage a daemon through launchd ?
Your help is very much appreciated.

sorry I forgot to mention that there is a bug in Lingon which creates a plist incorrectly if you enter your script explicitly on line 2. At least I haven't been able to make it work. A workaround I always use it the following.
Save your script as a *plain text* file from your favorite text editor. change the extension to .sh and make the file unix executable. Now, when you ccreate a launch daemon using Lingon, enter the path to that file instead of the script itself.
This always works for me.
Good luck!

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Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
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