Systemd: how to get into rescue mode

[Tom H]

On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 10:50 AM Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
>
> I do this:
>
> systemctl isolate rescue.target
>
> Then everything is closed, and I get to a virtual console. There, the
> root password is queried.
>
> Alas, there is no reaction whatsoever. I can enter the password, but
> nothing happens. Same for ctrl-d. The other virtual consoles are dead.
> Alt-ctrl-del isn't recognized, too. I need to do a hard reset.
>
> The systemctl command, above, is mentioned in an article in the German
> linux magazine LinuxUser.

How about switching to a console, running "systemctl stop your_DM" (or
"systemctl isolate multi-user.target"), and then "systemctl isolate
rescue.target"?