Re: using ddrescue on the root partition - boot with / as read-only

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> Indeed booting with `init=/bin/bash` can be a handy option I've used in
>> the past: you get into the normal root (so you don't have to figure out
>> how to find and mount root from the initramfs), mounted read-only.

[ One other advantage over `break=premount` and friends is that I find
  it much easier to remember for some reason.  I still need to resort
  to things like `break=premount` every once in a while, e.g. when
  I need to rename the root LVM volume group.  ]

> I've used init=/bin/sh, but bash (or zsh) would have been more
> practical (as dash doesn't have completions).

You can always launch `bash` from `/bin/sh` :-)

>     Then I resumed ddrescue. Still onging...

Good luck!


        Stefan