On 22 May 2018 at 02:56, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2018 schrieb Robert Peters:
>> [...]
>> Hello Nik,
>> Thanks for the reply. For now, I have installed Debian 9 to an unused
>> area of the laptop's SSD. In the migration instructions I followed
>> most of the steps but stopped at the command "apt-get purge systemd
>> systemd-shim". It offered in part to do the following:
>>
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>   caja* dbus-user-session* gvfs* gvfs-backends* gvfs-daemons* libpam-systemd*
>>   lightdm* mate-applets* mate-control-center* mate-desktop-environment*
>>   mate-desktop-environment-core* mate-panel* mate-polkit* mate-power-manager*
>>   mate-settings-daemon* network-manager* network-manager-gnome* policykit-1*
>>   synaptic* systemd* systemd-sysv* task-mate-desktop* udisks2*
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>   initscripts insserv startpar sysv-rc sysvinit-core
>>
>> But I am reluctant to proceed, apprehensive of clobbering the system.
>> What do you think?
>> - R
>
> Just proceed. Keep in mind, "debian 9" matches "devuan ascii", so please adjust your sources accordingly.
>
> MATE will be gone after the next reboot, so you'll most likely end at a real console. Do a "aptitude dist-upgrade" after the next reboot and install TDE. Use "apt-show-version" to figure out which packages are a leftover from debian and need to be replaced with devuan versions. If you run into problems with consolekit, just drop a line.
>
> For reference, I've added my sources.list
>
> Nik


Vielen Dank, aber...
After purging systemd and rebooting, I was unable to get to a command
line - it asked me to choose a runlevel, etc...
So instead, I installed Exegnu, which is based on Devuan and Trinity.
Using a wired connection I got it more or less updated to stretch and
am still working on wireless connectivity.  Basically it works, so I
continue to peck away at little things...
- R