Factory reset from Shell (Single User Mode)

chrisarm · Sep 14, 2019, 8:34 PM

I have an old SG-4860 that stopped working after a reboot and console shows a bunch of errors before it gets to the login prompt.

It's running 2.4.4. Is it possible to do a factory reset from single user mode? I can't get the factory reset button to work.

kiokoman · Sep 14, 2019, 10:29 PM

check if you can launch /etc/rc.initial.defaults after remounting rw the filesystem

dragoangel · Sep 15, 2019, 1:19 AM

Maybe better install OS from scratch in your case?)
It more solid and quicker resolution

chrisarm · Sep 15, 2019, 1:26 AM

Ended up doing the install OS / reimage route since time was pressing. Worked out since I had a backup config from just before the reboot. Always backup the config.

Cheers,
Chris

dragoangel · Sep 15, 2019, 1:29 AM

On install of OS you have options to recover config.xml from previous install before format drive.
FYI: now you can auto backup config for free out of box to netgate servers in encrypted way. Or if you have paranoid you can use curl script to download backups on another unix-based machine internally.