Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:10:37 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /rescue/vi doesn't work without /usr (no terminal db) Message-ID: <20050825141037.GA49271@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org> References: <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org>
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On 2005-08-25 10:04, "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> wrote: > I just booted into single user on a 5.4-p6 system. I needed to edit > something on the root fs, but /rescue/vi wouldn't work, it complained > about not finding the terminal database. > > I saw some mention in the archives from June about fixing this, though I > don't think anything has been comitted yet. > > In the meantime, how can I run /rescue/vi without /usr? I don't think you can. It only needs a read-only /usr though, so if /usr is a local filesystem you can probably get away with: # mount -o ro /usr
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