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I don't think there is anything really stopping you from standing up a Gentoo system with OpenRC from the systemd installer or vice versa though. It seems reall

I don't think there is anything really stopping you from standing up a Gentoo system with OpenRC from the systemd installer or vice versa though. It seems really more like a convenience than a requirement to have both installers.

Arnavion 3y ago
To be precise, there is a single installer image that you boot and use to create the partition layout. Then you pick a stage 3 tarball and unpack it into the root partition, and this tarball is either OpenRC-specific or systemd-specific. Yes it is possible to change your mind and switch from one to the other after installation, but it's not straightforward.
- djbusby 3y ago
  IIRC the Kernel needs to know which one you use too.
  - Flowdalic 3y ago
    The kernel usually just needs to know which binary to execute as init, which is often provided as kernel command line argument by the bootloader.
    - djbusby 3y ago
      I use syslinux, which is manually updated, no init is passed in. In the Gentoo kernel make menuconfig there are options for Systemd vs OpenRC - not entirely sure what they do.