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Re: Help. Debian 8 Image with sysvinit (for servers)



Steve, It worked

TAB to boot installation, append this text:
preseed/late_command="in-target apt-get install -y sysvinit-core"

checked with:
pstree -p (source [1])

thanks for encouraging Steve

Pedro

[1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/121654/convenient-way-to-check-if-system-is-using-systemd-or-sysvinit-in-bash

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:27 PM, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 11:32:38AM +0200, Pedro wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Is someone planning to build an image that installs Debian 8 Jessie
>>with sysvinit?
>>At the moment I see tricky ways:
>>https://wiki.debian.org/systemd#Installing_without_systemd
>>
>>The preseed [1] method is at the moment too advanced for me.
>
> What's too hard about
>
>   "If not using a preseed file, this can be added to the boot
>    arguments instead by hitting TAB at the boot menu on the desired
>    entry and appending the above preseed line at the end of the boot
>    command."
>
> ???
>
>>So the expected target of this image would be people like me that is
>>starting/learning in a server environment.
>
> There are no plans at all to produce an *official* image which changes
> the default init system back to sysvinit. As to unofficial ones, who
> knows...
>
> --
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
> "I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code
>  is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth
>


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