[arch-general] systemd transition on virtual server - help needed

2012-10-09 Thread G. Schlisio
hi list, i am running an arch server (x84_64) inside a virtual private server. now that systemd smoothly comes to be standart, i would like to understand, how this affects my machine. as this is a vps, i have no control over the running kernel, which is a 2.6.36.4-vs2.3.0.36.39-netcup atm.

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [draft] Install medium 2012.10.06 introduces systemd

2012-10-09 Thread Damjan Georgievski
The cleanest way (in my opinion) to do this is exactly the way that I did with the online pxeboot environment (there are other ways (like loop-mounting the whole ISO or using memdisk), but they all download more and use more memory). 1) Extract the ISO with bsdtar -x

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [draft] Install medium 2012.10.06 introduces systemd

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 09.10.2012 20:53, schrieb Damjan Georgievski: This will download the kernel from http and boot it, download the squashfs images into memory (about 200MB total) and boot the live system. Any option of NSF mounting a directory, and then mounting the squash from there? If I remember

Re: [arch-general] GHC 7.6.1 now in [extra]

2012-10-09 Thread Bardur Arantsson
On 10/09/2012 06:11 AM, Thomas Dziedzic wrote: Hey everyone! It's that time again for arch to get the latest ghc! GHC 7.6.1 comes with a bunch of new and exciting features: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.6.1/html/users_guide/release-7-6-1.html It took just over a month to do the full

Re: [arch-general] systemd transition on virtual server - help needed

2012-10-09 Thread Florian Bruhin
Hi, * G. Schlisio g.schli...@gmx.de [2012-10-09 17:43:17 +0200]: i am running an arch server (x84_64) inside a virtual private server. now that systemd smoothly comes to be standart, i would like to understand, how this affects my machine. you _should_ be able to continue using initscripts

Re: [arch-general] systemd transition on virtual server - help needed

2012-10-09 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 09.10.2012 20:34, schrieb Florian Bruhin: At the point there's an upgrade with systemd replacing sysvinit. I'd add systemd and systemd-sysvcompat to IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf and hope. Bad idea. initscripts require the systemd package, even when you don't run systemd itself. There are

Re: [arch-general] systemd transition on virtual server - help needed

2012-10-09 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Thomas Bächler tho...@archlinux.org wrote: Am 09.10.2012 20:34, schrieb Florian Bruhin: At the point there's an upgrade with systemd replacing sysvinit. I'd add systemd and systemd-sysvcompat to IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf and hope. Bad idea. initscripts