.. _Booting into Rescue Mode:

Booting into Rescue Mode
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If you experience problems with your system, you can boot into the rescue mode to troubleshoot these problems. Once you are in the rescue mode, your |product_name| installation is mounted under ``/mnt/sysimage``. You can go to this directory and make the necessary changes to your system.

To enter the rescue mode, do the following:

#. Boot your system from the |product_name| distribution image.

#. On the welcome screen, click **Troubleshooting-->**, then **Rescue system**.

#. Once |product_name| boots into the emergency mode, press **Ctrl+D** to load the rescue environment.

#. In the rescue environment, you can choose one of the following options:

   -  Continue (press **1**): mount the |product_name| installation in read and write mode under ``/mnt/sysimage``.

   -  Read-only mount (press **2**): mount the |product_name| installation in read-only mode under ``/mnt/sysimage``.

   -  Skip to shell (press **3**): load shell, if your file system cannot be mounted; for example, when it is corrupted.

   -  Quit (Reboot) (press **4**): reboot the server.

#. Unless you press **4**, a shell prompt will appear. In it, run ``chroot /mnt/sysimage`` to make the |product_name| installation the root environment. Now you can run commands and try to fix the problems you are experiencing.

#. After you fix the problem, run ``exit`` to exit the chrooted environment, then ``reboot`` to restart the system.