Systemd install(Abandoned)

Question

The wiki lists several stps to install systemd as shown :
1.A pure systemd installation
2.Install systemd from the official repositories.
3.Add init=/bin/systemd to the kernel parameters in your bootloader.
4.Create systemd configuration files.
5.Reboot, then Enable services with systemctl enable service. systemd services replace the daemons from /etc/rc.conf.
6Reboot and remove the init=... entry.
7.Manually remove initscripts, and then install systemd-sysvcompat.
Performed the steps 1-4 using a charted cofiguration found in wiki.
Did not do anything else but that charted list, mostly /etc files.
Rebooted and tried the step5 which reported error, probably because I had no services specified.  I interpret the step to mean that the daemons from rc.conf were replaced by systemd services...even though I never addressed any services.
Step 6 was then performed.
Step 7 requires "install"of systemd-sysvcompat but does not indicate what is meant by "install".  Does it mean "enter" systemd-sysvcompat somewhere in the grub area?  Is it to replace the entry of initscripts which was removed?
Is the system required to utilize "services"?
My understanding of "install" is either pacman or pacstrap...................
Please clarify these instructions for this old man!
Last edited by lilsirecho (2012-09-10 22:10:37)

Answer 1

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The wiki can only be supported by those who have the info required for this process which is made all the more confusing because of the many,many ways of using archlinux.
This wiki carries too many items to be followed accurately.  I fail to see where I didn't set up my config correctly because there is a chart describing what is needed in the wiki (way down the list).
As to the daemons you refer to, I haven't found the statement stating this is the daemons you must setup as.............
If I must have services established before doing the systemd install that I am using, those services belong ahead of the install sequence not just be referenced there.  How these services are established doesn't seem to be described.
I have attempted to modify .../etc/systemd/system to add a network.service file with my static IP parameters included and it does not permit internet access.  Probably isn't the right way to approach the details.
The list of daemons you mention is the chart that I referred to and my files reflect the details therein listed.  Perhaps I don't follow what is to be done if the files listed there are correct? Are they transferred to some other place? 
I find it hard to jump from one place to another, wiki to wiki and not lose the proper sequencing of the activity.
Your last statement seems to indicate what is to be done with "relevant services" in place of the DAEMONS in rc.conf.  But where do these daemons (now called "relevant services") get placed?
I agree that I have not followed the wiki exactly and tried to explain the confusion that results from trying to satisfy all problems in one fell swoop as this wiki does.  If services are paramount, they should be described firstly since the system will fail without critical services.
I cannot see how I can contribute to the wiki without knowledge of what is paramount.  There are so many procedures in linux that need service files such that I would never attempt to be a guru in systemd because I don't know most of them.
IMHO the wiki is too-involved with too many items.  I do not see a definition of how to make a service file in the wiki, and maybe I am blind to it.  I would enjoy having an example which describes the process.  KISS
In Hawaii, wiki wiki means "quickly"  Placing the service datas in a separate place would simplify presentation of the underlying install details, thus "wiki".
Thank you for your post.  I shall try again after ingesting more info.