Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:55:07 -0500 From: Tom Parquette <bcsfd204@twcny.rr.com> To: NOEL BALANSAG <pongkee@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load Message-ID: <3E6E775B.8070208@twcny.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20030311231456.24525.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030311231456.24525.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com>
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NOEL BALANSAG wrote: >hello. > >pardon my stupid question, but how do i invoke the >command "ee" or "vi"? i recently removed partition no. >2 on my disk, and fbsd resides on partition no. 3, so >now i have 2 partitions, windoze on partition 1 and = >fbsd on partition 2. but when i boot into fbsd, the >system cannot see the files, and drops me into the "#" >prompt. > >how do i invoke "ee" or "vi"? is it ok to just edit >the file "/etc/fstab" and reboot? is there anything >else i need to do? > >thanks in advance. > >pls. cc any response because this email address of >mine is not subscribed, bec. any mail from my other >subscribe addy gets bounced due to a spammer on my >isp. i hate spammers!!! they should be shot! > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online >http://webhosting.yahoo.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > Noel, From your description I'm assuming you are going into single user mode. It sounds like fstab is pointing in the wrong place. If you can figure out where your /usr filesystem is you can issue a mount command to remount it. Once you have /usr mounted, "ee" should work for you. Hope this helps. Cheers... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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