Bug#992034: installation-guide: Include a note on how to change init system during install
Hi,
Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote (Thu, 9 Sep 2021 21:52:44 +0100):
> > So, I tend to go with a 6.5 section like
> >
> > + <sect1 id="customization">
> > + <title>Customization</title>
> > + <para>
> > + The installation process can be further customized to fit your needs:
> > + </para>
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> It might work. Then it goes on:
>
> <sect2><title>Installing an alternative init system</title>
> <para>
> &debian; uses systemd as its default init system. However, other
> init systems (such as sysvinit and OpenRC) are supported, and the
> easiest time to select an alternative init system is during the
> installation process. For detailed instructions on how to do so,
> please see the
> <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/Init#Changing_the_init_system_-_at_installation_time";>Init
> page on the Debian wiki</ulink>.
> </para>
> </sect2>
> </sect1>
>
> Hmm. That may have been boiled down *too* far, since there's no
> hint that it works by going to a shell. So maybe that should have
> been in the intro? (Sorry, can't remember the ulink syntax)
>
> As well as troubleshooting, the [[6.3.9.2|link]] also allows
> further customization of the installation process to fit your
> needs:
>
> People might also want some echo of the Troubleshooting section's
> cautionary note wedged in there; the minimal version would be to say
> something like "careful customization" and/or "in exceptional cases".
Trying to integrate your suggestions, would then have
+ <sect1 id="customization">
+ <title>Customization</title>
+ <para>
+ Using the shell (see <xref linkend="shell"/>), the installation process
+ can be carefully customized, to fit exceptional use cases:
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2><title>Installing an alternative init system</title>
+ <para>
+ &debian; uses systemd as its default init system. However, other init
+ systems (such as sysvinit and OpenRC) are supported, and the
+ easiest time to select an alternative init system is during the
+ installation process. For detailed instructions on how to do so,
+ please see the <ulink
+ url="https://wiki.debian.org/Init#Changing_the_init_system_-_at_installation_time";>Init
+ page on the Debian wiki</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
Comments?
Holger
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