There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. That system maintained sysv and still has support.
#!/usr/bin/env bash # file: getdevuan.sh - get devuan iso. wget -bc http://files.devuan.org/devuan_ascii/minimal-live/devuan_ascii_2.1_amd64_minimal-live.iso On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:21:56 > From: Marc Shapiro <marcns...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Buster without systemd? > Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 01:39:10 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Supposedly, one can install/upgrade to Buster while maintaining sysv as init.? > Or has this changed.? Over the past several months I have been attempting to > upgrade to Buster, but I have been completely unsuccessful. > > Has anyone managed to upgrade to Buster without installing systemd, or jumping > through hoops that would drive a lion tamer mad? > > I made a copy of all of my partitions so that I could do the upgrade while > maintaining Stretch in case something went wrong. I'm glad that I did! > > The first time that I tried this, I actually managed to upgrade to Buster and > have everything appear to work.? Then I realized that I had only done an > "upgrade" but not a "full-upgrade".? After that, X would not start.? I have, > as I said, spent several months trying to get X working on Buster without > systemd.? I have not been successful.? None of my later attempts ever got a > working Buster with X, at all. > > Is it possible to do what I want?? Or, after 21 to 22 years of using Debian > (since Bo), do I have to switch to another linux distro?? I would rather not > have to switch, but you choose the distro that suits your needs, and if Debian > no longer suits my needs then I may have to. > > > Marc > > > > --
