diff --git a/AutoStart/S00-install-ethercat-drvr b/AutoStart/S00-install-ethercat-drvr
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4f66b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AutoStart/S00-install-ethercat-drvr
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#echo "I am in ${0}"
+
+# skip this file for debian 10
+if [ "$EPICS_HOST_ARCH" = "deb10-x86_64" ]; then
+  exit
+fi
+
+ETHCATPCKGE="/ioc/NeedfulThings/EtherCAT/install-packages/ethercat-1.6.3-$(uname -r)-drv.deb"
+if [ ! -f "${ETHCATPCKGE}" ]
+then
+  echo "${ETHCATPCKGE} does not exist"
+  exit
+else
+  if [ ! -r "${ETHCATPCKGE}" ]
+  then
+    echo "${ETHCATPCKGE} is NOT readable"
+    exit
+  else
+    echo "Will install ${ETHCATPCKGE}"
+  fi
+fi
+
+#udevadm control --log-priority=debug
+
+# this is probably not needed, because it did not start (package was missing)
+systemctl stop ethercat             # stop if already running
+
+# install package
+dpkg -i ${ETHCATPCKGE} > /tmp/ethercat-install.log
+
+# service housekeeping
+systemctl daemon-reload             # if ethercat.service was already there
+systemctl enable ethercat           # if ethercat.service was not enabled
+
+# start ethercat service
+systemctl start ethercat            # start (again)
+
+echo "ls -l /dev/EtherCAT*"; ls -l /dev/EtherCAT*
+sleep 1
+udevadm trigger                     # make /dev/EtherCAT* rw for all: why I need this on some systems, and on some other not
+echo "ls -l /dev/EtherCAT*"; ls -l /dev/EtherCAT*
+sleep 1
+echo "ls -l /dev/EtherCAT*"; ls -l /dev/EtherCAT*
diff --git a/AutoStart/S10-ecmc-python-venv b/AutoStart/S10-ecmc-python-venv
index 3760021..ccd7756 100755
--- a/AutoStart/S10-ecmc-python-venv
+++ b/AutoStart/S10-ecmc-python-venv
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-cp -r /ioc/NeedfulThings/ecmc_python_venv/.venv /tmp/
+if [ "$EPICS_HOST_ARCH" = "deb10-x86_64" ]; then
+  cp -r /ioc/NeedfulThings/ecmc_python_venv/.venv /tmp/
+fi
+
+if [ "$EPICS_HOST_ARCH" = "deb12-x86_64" ]; then
+  cp -r /ioc/NeedfulThings/ecmc_python_venv/.venv_deb12 /tmp/.venv
+fi