How to Switch to the Devuan OpenRC Setup Post-Desktop Live Install?

wolfchar · Today 05:31:59

I'm wondering if there is a method to convert a desktop-live.iso to the default Devuan OpenRC setup without the need for a complete re-installation. From my recall/understanding, this is a feature accessible with the other .isos distributed.

I recently performed a new installation using the desktop-live install .iso with the Refracta installer. This process, as I understand it, simply copies the current state of the live OS onto the partitions designated by the user during the installation. Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be an option to select the init system to be used.

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fsmithred · Today 09:03:27

You're right. The live installer just copies the running system to hard drive. If you have a couple extra GB of RAM, do an apt update and install packages or make other changes, then run the installer and the changes will be copied. I don't know if that will work with installing openrc, because a reboot is required - that would have to be the reboot into the installed system, because all changes are lost in the live system when it reboots.

If you already installed or are about to install, the simplest solution is to install with sysvinit, reboot into the new system and install openrc, then reboot again. Watch the screen for instructions when you install openrc. I haven't done it in a long time, so I don't know the current state. There might be some commands to run.

wolfchar · Today 20:46:10

fsmithred wrote:

If you already installed or are about to install, the simplest solution is to install with sysvinit, reboot into the new system and install openrc, then reboot again. Watch the screen for instructions when you install openrc. I haven't done it in a long time, so I don't know the current state. There might be some commands to run.

Ah okay, I'll have to investigate sometime and check if this is the case. I'll try to update this thread when that happens. Since we don't really know (and won't until someone tries it and records the results) if there is more post-setup required to get OpenRC working from the desktop-live install, I'll leave it open until someone tries and replies to confirm.

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