systemctl set-default basic.target :(

[maximus1978]

I am trying to learn systemd and changed the default target to basic.target

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systemctl set-default basic.target

I was not able to boot after this.

This happened on my raspberry pi 4.

I removed the sd card and plugged it into another system and was able to get the system working again

I had to delete from /etc/systemd/system/default.target (this was a symbolic link to basic.target unit file)

I am able to get back into my system now. I have a lot of reading to do to learn systemd properly arg

Posting this in case some one else does the same stupid thing.

This is also a reminder to myself to not do it again.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I am trying to learn systemd and changed the default target to basic.target

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systemctl set-default basic.target

I was not able to boot after this.

Why not? What actually happened when you tried to boot? It should provide a console login at least, see systemd.special(7) for a full description of basic.target.

Or use

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systemctl cat basic.target

This happened on my raspberry pi 4

You still haven't told us if you're using Debian or Raspbian. The latter is not supported here.