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# 11.4. Booting into Emergency Mode

In emergency mode, you are booted into the most minimal environment possible. The root file system is be mounted read-only and almost nothing is set up. The main advantage of emergency mode over single-user mode is that the `init` files are not loaded. If `init` is corrupted or not working, you can still mount file systems to recover data that could be lost during a re-installation.

To boot into emergency mode, use the same method as described for single-user mode in Section 11.3 Booting into Single-User Mode with one exception, replace the keyword `single` with the keyword `emergency`.

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