Ubuntu 16.04.1LTS boot

[Chris]

On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 18:05 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:32:48 -0500, Chris wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 17:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:24:18 -0500, Chris wrote:  
> > > > 
> > > > 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:01:55 UTC 2016
> > > > x86_64
> > > > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > > > 
> > >   [root at moonstudio weremouse]# pgrep systemd|head -1
> > >   1
> > >   
> > I've been booting into the non-upstart kernel
> FWIW if you would chose the "upstart" entry, the output of "uname"
> would
> be the same as the one you posted, since you wouldn't boot another
> kernel, just PID 1 would not be systemd. It is not a different
> kernel.
> The boot parameter only changes the init system, which get's the
> first
> process ID. PID 1 is the first "process" ("program") started by the
> kernel. This first "program" controls all programs that run during
> startup. It means that the first "program", which is started by the
> kernel is different, depending on the boot entry you chose, while the
> kernel is the same.
> 
Thanks Ralf, I understand now. Thanks for the explanation, appreciate
it.

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Chris
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Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, kernel 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:01:55 UTC 2016