oldbluebear composed on 2016-11-25 15:21 (UTC):
I am at the point where I am now seriously going to look at what other
Linux versions are available or maybe pull one of the earlier Debian
Distro CDs I still have in my store and load that simply to get back an
environment in which I can work.
...
How can I at this stage bring this machine back nearer to SySV?
Maybe a do-over would make more sense. A look at these Debian-derived
opportunities for simpler times might be worth your time:
http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://exegnulinux.net/
Both offer Grub Legacy at least via option.
If you'd rather a pure Debian path initially resulting in the latter Desktop
(TDE, a fork of KDE3), you could do a fresh Debian minimal installation with
sysvinit-core, then add TDE sources and apt to it (minimal with TDE is what I do
as a matter of course, allowing the systemd infection).
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