The NOOBS root folder

[Cerapter]

I've seen it referred to, but I cannot seem to figure out where it should be.

A system-wide search for "recovery.cmdline", which is the file I am looking for, returns nothing.

Any hints appreciated!

[B.Goode]

That file is in the 'recovery' partition on a NOOBS SD card.

By design, that partition is not mounted by installed Operating Systems, so that file will not be accessible if you are trying to inspect it or modify it from Raspbian or other OS running on the RPi itself.

In contrast, the recovery partition is the ONLY area of a NOOBS SD card that is visible if you attempt to read the SD card with a system running Windows.

[Cerapter]

Thank you for your reply!

I also found recovery.cmdline in the NOOBS zip file, leading me to assume it only existed pre-installation. What you're saying is that after installation of OS(es), it is put in a separate partition, and can still be accessed by opening/mounting the "RECOVERY" labeled partition.

The reason I couldn't find the file is that I am using Ubuntu on my laptop. When I insert the SD card, it mounts all the partitions except the recovery partition. I had to manually mount this using the mount command, in my case:

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sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1

My motivation for editing this file was to enter the NOOBS boot menu without pressing SHIFT, as I do not have a USB keyboard.

[electronicsguy]

so what will you do after entering the menu?