# Stop node red at boot

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [24 July 2021 23:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864 "2021-07-24T23:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![shel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shel)\
**Post date:** [24 July 2021 23:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/1 "2021-07-24T23:44:52Z")

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So, I understand how to start node red in safe mode but how do I get in front of node red on boot? It is set to start up at boot from systemctl and when node red starts it crashes the Pi. I know what I did wrong but I can't figure out how to get in front of node red on boot.  
Pi 4 running PI OS

thanks

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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [24 July 2021 23:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/2 "2021-07-24T23:56:33Z")

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If you can get at the card contents, in a USB SD card reader, or maybe init=/bin/sh, then deleting /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nodered.service is equivalent to systemctl disable nodered

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**Author:** ![shel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shel)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2021 00:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/3 "2021-07-25T00:00:28Z")

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I think I have a card reader somewhere, I'll have to go hunt for it  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![shel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shel)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2021 00:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/4 "2021-07-25T00:15:33Z")

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So.... got a card reader and put into my Windows machine and I assume I can't read the Linux / Pi OS file system because there isn't anything resembling that file path on the card

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**Author:** ![shel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@shel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shel)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2021 00:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/5 "2021-07-25T00:57:15Z")

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just to complete the loop, google showed lot's of software I could get for free to read linux files, anything free I'm immediately suspicious, so I reformated the sd and reinstalled.

Thanks for the thoughts and help

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2021 01:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/6 "2021-07-25T01:21:01Z")

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Here are a couple of options.

[Access to Ext 2/3/4, HFS and ReiserFS from Windows| DiskInternals](https://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/)

[Windows 10 Ubuntu Bash Shell: How Do I Mount Other Windows Drives? - Super User](https://superuser.com/questions/1114341/windows-10-ubuntu-bash-shell-how-do-i-mount-other-windows-drives)

[Get started mounting a Linux disk in WSL 2 | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-disk)

If you have WSL, you should be able to access ext formatted sd-card partitions. That last link is from Microsoft docs.

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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2021 06:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/7 "2021-07-25T06:47:09Z")

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Too late now but:  
You can boot a Windows pc from a linux live CD/dvd/usb drive without installing anything on the PC.

With a spare Raspbian SD card you could do it from the Pi.

It's a complete mystery why Microsoft would go to the effort of providing a Linux shell for Windows 10 and still not provide ext4 disk support.  
"Not invented here" disease maybe.

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**Author:** ![krambriw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/krambriw/32/5429_2.png) [@krambriw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/krambriw)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2021 10:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/8 "2021-07-25T10:00:23Z")

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A spare rpi is always good to have in this kind of situations, just plugin a usb sd card reader with the faulty setup, you should then find it under /media

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [23 September 2021 10:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stop-node-red-at-boot/48864/9 "2021-09-23T10:01:02Z")

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