Systemd default target issue

Question

I issued the wrong systemctl.unit directive and now I cannot get to a shell.

I am on fedora 23, I changed runlevel by issuing

systemctl set-default rescue.target

Now the rescue mode gets stuck and never brings up the shell.

I have tried adding to the kernel

systemd.unit=graphical.target

But I keep getting kicked to rescue mode

Answer 1

Try pass the following line to kernel param:

systemd.unit=multi-user.target

With rescue.target the bash should normally already be brought up.

Maybe there is something not working even before rescue.target and prevent systemd reaches bash.

Try:

systemd.unit=emergency.target

or even pass:

init=/bin/sh