systemd discussion

Rahul Sundaram metherid at gmail.com
Thu Jun 16 04:14:05 UTC 2011


On 06/16/2011 08:28 AM, Tim wrote:
> Most of the time, we don't.  But then it can be handy for some boxes to
> have different run-levels.
>
> e.g. A server that's usually left alone on the shelf, occasionally
> remote managed by command line.  Even less occasionally, you might plug
> a keyboard and monitor into it, and want a full graphical environment
> while you work on it.  It's handy to be able to start-up/shut-off all
> the unnecessary user-interfaces in one go.
>
> e.g. Fixing up a machine that's just gone out of whack.  It's handy to
> be able to easily start up in a mode where nearly all services are not
> started up.  So you can do repairs, or reset the list of what will
> start-up, and get a computer to actually finish booting when something
> it used to demand existed no-longer does (like NFS-mounted resources
> when you unplug a machine to use in another location).
>
> I'm yet to read how this important functionality, to a large number of
> people will be handled, with the move away from the old system.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Systemd_problems#Boot_into_rescue_mode_or_to_a_emergency_shell

Rahul



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