Bug#992034: installation-guide: Include a note on how to change init system during install

Hi,

Justin B Rye <[email protected]> wrote (Thu, 9 Sep 2021 21:52:44 +0100):
> > So, I tend to go with a 6.5 section like
> > 
> >    + <sect1 id="customization">
> >    + <title>Customization</title>
> >    + <para>
> >    + The installation process can be further customized to fit your needs:
> >    + </para>
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> It might work.  Then it goes on:
> 
>   <sect2><title>Installing an alternative init system</title>
>    <para>
>     &debian; uses systemd as its default init system. However, other
>     init systems (such as sysvinit and OpenRC) are supported, and the
>     easiest time to select an alternative init system is during the
>     installation process. For detailed instructions on how to do so,
>     please see the
>     <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/Init#Changing_the_init_system_-_at_installation_time">Init
>     page on the Debian wiki</ulink>.
>    </para>
>   </sect2>
>  </sect1>
> 
> Hmm.  That may have been boiled down *too* far, since there's no
> hint that it works by going to a shell.  So maybe that should have
> been in the intro?  (Sorry, can't remember the ulink syntax)
> 
>       As well as troubleshooting, the [[6.3.9.2|link]] also allows
>       further customization of the installation process to fit your
>       needs:
> 
> People might also want some echo of the Troubleshooting section's
> cautionary note wedged in there; the minimal version would be to say
> something like "careful customization" and/or "in exceptional cases".

Trying to integrate your suggestions, would then have



+ <sect1 id="customization">
+ <title>Customization</title>
+ <para>
+ Using the shell (see <xref linkend="shell"/>), the installation process
+ can be carefully customized, to fit exceptional use cases:
+ </para>
+ 
+   <sect2><title>Installing an alternative init system</title>
+ <para>
+ &debian; uses systemd as its default init system. However, other init
+ systems (such as sysvinit and OpenRC) are supported, and the
+ easiest time to select an alternative init system is during the
+ installation process. For detailed instructions on how to do so,
+ please see the <ulink
+ url="https://wiki.debian.org/Init#Changing_the_init_system_-_at_installation_time">Init
+ page on the Debian wiki</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ 
+   </sect2>
+  </sect1>



Comments?

Holger