How to make a turtle boot on placement.

Hey guys, recently I made a turtle that would mine out a 3x3 tunnel. and now i wanted to use another turtle to place other turtle to stripmine along the sides. but i've run into a problem. See what i want is that when the turtle gets placed it automatically boots up and then runs a startup program. My problem is that i know how to make the startup script, but I have no idea how to boot a turtle without right clicking it. Is there a way or will i have to manually boot them? Any help would be appreciated. (I want to be able to control all of this from my computer in my home, because i'm lazy)

Just use peripheral commands immediately after placement.

local turtle = peripheral.wrap("sideofturtle")
turtle.turnOn()

Thanks.

Ummm, i used your code but it wouldn't work. I had to change it from turtle to miner because within my code i was making the turtle move. The error i get is : attempt to index ? ( a nil value). Any help with that?

If you place the turtle in front:

peripheral.call("front", "turnOn")

If you place it up:

peripheral.call("top", "turnOn")

If you place it down:

peripheral.call("bottom", "turnOn")

Pick which one you need, and use that line immediately after you place the turtle to turn it on.

Thanks, testing now.

Yep, it works. thanks for the help guys.