init=/bin/bash to change the fstab, and it worked, sort of. Things werent working properly, just like when i had removed as much as I was allowed while actively logged in, even tho the fstab had the original home folder. Checking dolphin, /var/home/tray was still the home on the other drive (identical new empty file showed up when I created one proving its the same location). Decided to reinstall bazzite, but only delete the home folder on the boot drive. but then i forgot to change any account details so i was on the user bazzite instead of tray. thought id just create a new admin user and delete the old one. as soon as i do that, and ln -s the home folder, it boots to a black screen again.