On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 17:28 +0000, Tom Furie wrote: > systemd will replace the current init system but will still > require a /sbin/init. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl /sbin/init lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Mar 6 23:22 /sbin/init -> ../lib/systemd/systemd My Debian install still does use SysVinit. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl /mnt/debi386/sbin/init -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35K Jul 18 2013 /mnt/debi386/sbin/init