cannot ssh after systemd installation (1 reply)

I am currently using

Kernel linux-5.10.7-kirkwood-tld-1
Debian-5.2.9-kirkwood-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (25 Aug 2019)

Every time I try to install systemd using

sudo apt-get install systemd,

after reboot, I would get connection refused when trying to ssh to it.

I had to reformat the stick and put the rootfs and kernel back but kept running into the same problem every time. Is there any suggestion where the cause of the problem might be?

Thanks.