>> 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