[ale] for all you systemd haters...

[James Sumners]

I'm pretty sure this thread was a joke. I certainly hope the majority were
aware of how to specify the program to run after kernel booting. I'm sure
we've all had to reset a root password that last guy didn't leave us.

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:20 Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

>
> > >On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> heh, heh,.
> > >>
> > >> Edit your grub kernel line and append init=/bin/bash
> > >>
> > >> no systemd.
>
> > On February 15, 2018 9:06:05 PM EST, William Wylde
> > <durtybill at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >Do you still get all your drivers & crap loaded that way?
> > >
>
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:01:53 -0500
> Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> > It's pretty much the same as run level 1. If the initrd loads the
> > driver, it in.
>
> That's a big "if". Systemd is usually interwoven with the initramfs and
> usually implies big, complicated initramfs'.
>
>
> > If it's loaded by a startup process, nope.
> >
> > So it's a rather crap-free environment.
>
> init=/bin/bash is an old time diagnostic to debug early boot and init.
> It's not a substitute for any init system.
>
>
> One more thing: This is a diagnostic, not a solution for "systemd
> haters". And speaking of the phrase "systemd haters", a more accurate
> representation would be "lovers of simplicity, modularity, and
> functionality."
>
> SteveT
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