Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Stupidification Of systemd Haters Date: 13 May 2026 17:45:14 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <18ae97fc33e48f9d$12583$2923323$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10ttm9k$1g1he$6@dont-email.me> <10tvbbj$1vrb3$1@dont-email.me> <10u23e2$2odeg$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net kud8zkfgamiuoQFkv/ypmwn7lKI7Ybu+FT5zbt793jcROZrqsD Cancel-Lock: sha1:dfbW2SKhur/MqZ3Psabk4gqFIRo= sha256:iOO7dC/zAm2CJNl4KkBayz51pc5FguhbUPhuqzRoC/E= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86612 On Wed, 13 May 2026 14:56:02 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote: > The first time I made this mistake it also taught me to *never* > overwrite my existing, working, lilo boot entry for the current kernel > and instead to install the new kernel as a second entry first. Then if > the new kernel panicked because I forgot to turn something on, I had a > way out other than "reinstall from 30+ floppy disks". That was my initial Linux experience. Download a few boxes worth of floppies with the Slackware stuff over dialup and carefully assemble the mess. iirc my first pass didn't have gcc; back to Slackware for more floppy images.