[TriLUG] Experiments with alternative init systems

[William Sutton]

I learned in a semi-rural area (we had farms, yes, but mostly 
neighborhoods and small businesses).  Most of the time I had the luxury of 
learning on flat-ish surfaces, but I had one very memorable hill 
experience.

I had gone (mother in tow since I was just 15 and had to have an adult 
along) in my father's MG Midget to the local town council meeting for my 
Boy Scout Citizenship in the Community merit badge requirements, and the 
only available parking space was pointed up a moderately steep hill (it 
felt like 45 degrees, was probably closer to 20).  Between when I parked 
and when we came back for the car, someone parked behind me.

We came out, got in the car, turned it on, and then I had a predicament... 
release the break, hit the clutch, shift into first, release the clutch, 
and feather the gas, all without backsliding into someone else's car.  You 
can imagine with what nervous anticipation I tried doing all three things 
at once.  Unfortunately, doing all of those at once kills the engine, 
which I did 2 or 3 times, before I got it into gear and shot uphill at a 
terrific rate of speed...and almost into traffic at the top of the hill.

I haven't had that particular pleasure much, and wouldn't care to try 
again right at the moment (it has been a long time since I drove a manual 
on a regular basis).

Of course, that evening when I told my father, his response was a verbal 
shrug of the shoulders and a remark that that was nothing compared to 
trying to parallel park a manual transmission car on a hill in Tennessee.

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Since the below email, I've read all of your article.  I'm curious how 
easily, or badly, that init and RC replacement would go on RHEL 7.  Then 
again, while I might be able to get away with doing an init replacement on 
a personal box, I have a strong suspicion that my corporate masters won't 
allow any such tinkering with RHEL so as not to void the support contract. 
So much for choice :-(

William Sutton

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014, Steve Litt wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:54:39 -0500 (EST)
> William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> I've started in on Steve's article.  One minor quibble so far.  I
>> learned to drive on a manual transmission.  An awful lot of people
>> have.  It's not really that hard to learn on, and suggesting that it
>> is perpetuates stereotypes about manual transmissions.
>
> Thanks William,
>
> If I get much more feedback like yours, I'll change the analogy.
>
> Did you learn out in the country as opposed to in the city, and was it
> hilly where you learned?
>
> By the way, the first car I actually *owned* (1959 Plymouth Savoy) was
> a manual transmission (3 on the tree). My current car (2012 Jeep
> Patriot) is a manual transmission (5 speed). I just assumed that
> learning to drive on a manual transmission would have been difficult
> because it was difficult to learn to steer, brake, and gas when I
> learned to drive. A couple years later, having mastered driving
> reasonably well, when I learned manual, the gas/clutch coordination was
> difficult, and I just assumed it would have been a disaster if I
> learned them both at once.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
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