[ale] for all you systemd haters...

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Fri Feb 16 11:20:05 EST 2018


> >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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