diff --git a/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/boot-to-recovery b/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/boot-to-recovery
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+if [[ $(/usr/bin/id -u) -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "$0 shall be run as root"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+. /etc/profile
+
+# prepare env for recovery boot
+cat << EOF > /boot/extraconfig.txt
+initramfs recovery-${MACHINE}.cpio.gz followkernel
+EOF
+echo "Rebooting to recovery mode"
+reboot
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