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mrneilypops

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## Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:13 am

Hi,
I am using Debian Jessie for my dwmX distrolette and using refractsnapshot+refractainstaller from the refracta testing repo.
With Debian Jessie about to be released should I continue to use the same tools?
fsmithred

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:54 am

Yes. Most of the versions in the testing folder will work on wheezy and jessie, and they'll continue to work on jessie (and probably sid for awhile, too.) Um, if you're asking me if I'm going to move the folders around because jessie goes stable, don't hold your breath. It'll happen, but the thought hadn't even entered my mind until just now.
mrneilypops

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:49 am

Thanks for the clarification.
Your refracta tools are working well on my dwmX distrolette ...just waiting for Jessie to be officially released before releasing a new version of dwmX.
https://www.dwmx.org
mrneilypops

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Fri May 08, 2015 4:02 pm

I have released a new version of my distrolette based on Jessie.
I have one problem.
How do I create an ISO that is systemd based?
The generated ISO results in an init based ISO.
Do I have to edit etc/refractasnapshot.conf?
golinux

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Fri May 08, 2015 5:30 pm

That's because refracta strips out all the systemd crapola. You'd have to rewrite your own snapshot version to undo all the prophylactic scripting. Or maybe you could download an older refracta version from before the systemd debacle and work from there. Let's see if fsmithred is willing to help you do that.
mrneilypops

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Fri May 08, 2015 5:36 pm

@ golinux
Thanks for the clarification.
systemd is not important for me...
fsmithred

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Sat May 09, 2015 1:00 am

If you started with one of my jessie-sysv isos, you would need to un-pin systemd and whatever else is pinned in etc/apt/preferences.d/00nosystemd. Then update/upgrade and install whatever.
If you started with one of dzz's images, the same procedure would probably be a lot more interesting, because of the packages that were stripped of their need for systemd.
And if you started with an official jessie iso, then there should be nothing preventing you from installing systemd. The tools will work without any special settings.
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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Sat May 09, 2015 5:04 am

I started with an official Debian Jessie ISO.
At the moment this has 2 boot options in grub.
sysvinit
systemd
If I boot into the systemd option I check systemd is running as process with;
ps -p 1
I run refractasnapshot and generate an ISO.
When I boot this ISO it is sysvinit and not systemd.
Not important to me...but just out of interest...
fsmithred

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Sat May 09, 2015 10:55 am

Your iso still has both sysvinit and systemd. Only the boot menu is different - you're missing the entry that contains "init=/lib/systemd/systemd" on the kernel line. To fix it, set 'edit_boot_menu=yes' in the config file, and make a new entry. (or edit your boot menu manually if you created an alternate iso_dir)
dzz

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## Re: Debian Jessie + refracta tools

Sat May 09, 2015 1:37 pm

You might also need to install live-config-systemd.
Note that "mainstream" Jessie using sysvinit is likely to be somewhat crippled unless it's a "headless server".
There is no refracta-tools facility to "strip out systemd ***", that's not what they're for.
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