Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:43:35 +0000 From: John Murphy <freebsd001@freeode.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the point of the shell choice in single user mode? Message-ID: <20071207124335.4aefe67a@asus.freeode.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4754508E.30802@riderway.com> References: <20071201044427.38bd2c84@asus.freeode.co.uk> <20071201061813.2a0e35e2@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20071201140619.4b7332ba@asus.freeode.co.uk> <4752EFF1.9050107@wcborstel.com> <20071203181412.709fab80@gumby.homeunix.com.> <4754500D.8070706@wcborstel.com> <4754508E.30802@riderway.com>
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 13:53:02 -0500 "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@riderway.com> wrote: > Jorn Argelo wrote: > > RW wrote: > >> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:48:33 +0100 > >> Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> Also note that vi doesn't work by default as it needs to write > >>> to /tmp. So mount /tmp or re-mount / to RW permissions. > >>> > >> I think vi will also fail unless it has access to termcap, so you'd > >> need /usr mounted too. > >> > > You'd need to mount /usr anyway, as the vi binary is located in /usr/bin ;-) > *cough* /rescue/vi Thanks for all the tips on this subject. One more question: How would I enable a local keyboard layout in single user mode? I have had to find '/' by trial and error on my UK keyboard. -- Thanks, John.
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