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Date:      Mon, 3 Dec 2007 13:53:02 -0500
From:      "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@riderway.com>
To:        Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.com>
Cc:        RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: What's the point of the shell choice in single user mode?
Message-ID:  <4754508E.30802@riderway.com>
In-Reply-To: <4754500D.8070706@wcborstel.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>

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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

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