Re: [tlug] Um, so... systemd?

[Edward Middleton <edward.middleton@example.com>]

On 01/17/2017 07:11 PM, AbH Belxjander Draconis Serechai wrote:
> Odd,  I've source packaged systemd as a second init side by side with
> simpleinit and spent less than 5 hours going from blank slate to a
> bootable minimal installation of systemd that I then proceeded to use
> with original init scripts as fallback.
>
> The only issue I had was when I needed to set linear precedence of
> scripted operations.
> as they usually began running in parallel which meant merging the
> scripts into something a bit monstrous.
> it was easier to custom write systemd units modified from a template for
> me at least.
>
> And all this was my first foray into dealing with init.
>
> I've also been considering to do it again to build a custom stripped
> down virtual machine core for a minimal "systemd + python" only setup
> just to test a theory I have.
>
> Would anyone find that useful?

This is a bit like kvm instances with rkt.  They already have minimal OS 
setup (stage1) you an run docker container on.[1]

Edward

1. https://coreos.com/rkt/docs/latest/running-kvm-stage1.html