[Dng] [m...@katolaz.homeunix.net: Re: Ubuntu 14.04, systemd by stealth]

2015-04-13 Thread KatolaZ
I didn't realise I was replying only to Robert, and I believe it might be still useful to somebody here, despite it has been already said several times in the last few months. My2Cents KatolaZ - Forwarded message from KatolaZ - Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:56:52 +0100 From: KatolaZ To:

[Dng] Ubuntu 14.04, systemd by stealth

2015-04-13 Thread Robert Storey
Hello all. As I've mentioned once or twice in the past, I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04, which is not the latest release but is a "long-term support" release. It is/was systemd-free, which is the main reason why I've been running it. Previously, I was using Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), whic

Re: [Dng] Live ISO's (Jessie with no systemd)

2015-04-13 Thread Richard
Sure looks nice. I'll install it on an 8 GiB test partition on the netbook and let it run in it's natural environment. On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:45 PM, fsmithred wrote: > On 04/13/2015 03:00 PM, Richard wrote: > > Thanks Fred, > > David's snapshot is working very well for the most part. > > A re

Re: [Dng] Live ISO's (Jessie with no systemd)

2015-04-13 Thread fsmithred
On 04/13/2015 03:00 PM, Richard wrote: > Thanks Fred, > David's snapshot is working very well for the most part. > A real credit to it's Refracta base. Couple of questions: > > 1. fstab is 0 bytes? But seems to work. > Where is the info kept, in Jessie? > It's a live iso. No disks to mount. The

Re: [Dng] Live ISO's (Jessie with no systemd)

2015-04-13 Thread Anto
On 13/04/15 20:41, fsmithred wrote: Hi Richard, I'm pretty sure David used a refracta jessie-sysv iso and built on that All the refracta jessie-sysv builds started as a standard-system wheezy installation, then pinned "*systemd*" to -1 (do not install anything with systemd anywhere in its name)

Re: [Dng] Live ISO's (Jessie with no systemd)

2015-04-13 Thread Richard
Thanks Fred, David's snapshot is working very well for the most part. A real credit to it's Refracta base. Couple of questions: 1. fstab is 0 bytes? But seems to work. Where is the info kept, in Jessie? *2. # sudo apt-get update* failed, reporting conflicting distros ... (expected sid but got ce

Re: [Dng] Live ISO's (Jessie with no systemd)

2015-04-13 Thread fsmithred
Hi Richard, I'm pretty sure David used a refracta jessie-sysv iso and built on that All the refracta jessie-sysv builds started as a standard-system wheezy installation, then pinned "*systemd*" to -1 (do not install anything with systemd anywhere in its name) and pinned libpulse0 and dbus to wheez

Re: [Dng] Live ISO's (Jessie with no systemd)

2015-04-13 Thread Richard
Thanks for your efforts, David. Copied the ISO to a Linux based Easy2Boot, boots no problem on Acer Aspire One. I've always liked the Refracta look. > user@exefce:~$ cat /proc/cmdline > initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live union=aufs > components=openssh-server,sudo,lightdm,refracta-lang > BOOT_IMAGE