Python script to stop Raspberry Pi Watchdog if settings cause continues rebooting. Must be run from second computer. Attempts to connect to raspberry pi for about a minute. Start as soon as problematic Raspberry Pi begins startup

disablePiWatchdog

import spur
import sys


#change to match your setup if different

#///////////////////////////////// 
piHostName= 'raspberrypi.local'
piUsername = 'pi'


piPasswd = '' #Enter password

verbose = False

#////////////////////////////////

attempts = 0

while attempts < 120:


    try:
        print("attempt " + str(attempts) + "...")
        shell = spur.SshShell(hostname=piHostName, username=piUsername, password=piPasswd)
        print("connected")

        with shell:
            result = shell.run(['sudo', 'update-rc.d', 'watchdog', 'disable'])
            print(result.output)

            result = shell.run(['sudo', 'service', 'watchdog', 'stop'])
            print(result.output)
        
        break #if successful, leave loop


    except Exception, e:
        if (verbose):
            print e
        print("failed")
        attempts +=1
        time.sleep(0.5)


sys.exit(0)