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Linux: Booting into Single-User Mode

At the bootloader screen, press the e key to edit the GRUB configuration.

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Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to navigate the GRUB configuration.

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Edit the line starting with the word linux and change ro to rw and add init=/bin/bash to the end of the line. This will cause the filesystem to mount read-write and initialize with /bin/bash at boot.

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Press CTRL+X or F10 to begin the boot procedure.

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