SOLVED Edit rc.local from windows

Question

I ruined my RPi, by using Python script in rc.local which shutdowns RPi as soon as it starts. Thus I cannot even login or ssh. How could I edit SD card from windows to change that rc.local file?

boot into safe mode, use this answer (not the accepted answer) - note, you will need keyboard and screen on the pi — Bravo, Feb 03 '22 at 09:42
thanks, but I already installed fresh OS to sd card. I retrieved all important data with win32imager and 7zip — Ri Di, Feb 03 '22 at 13:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 03 '22 at 10:55

This can not be done on Windows, but it can be fixed on any Linux system (which can be a Pi).

You can repair most such problems on the Pi itself by rebooting to a root shell.

Append init=/bin/sh at the end of cmdline.txt and reboot.
After booting you will be at the prompt in a root shell.
Your root file system is mounted as readonly now, so remount it as read/write mount -n -o remount,rw /

You can then edit files to fix the problem.

Remove init=/bin/sh from cmdline.txt and reboot.

SOLVED Edit rc.local from windows

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