Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:58:21 -0500 From: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@spamcop.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load Message-ID: <20030312175821.GA55974@michaelines.net> In-Reply-To: <20030312054440.3553.qmail@operamail.com> References: <20030312054440.3553.qmail@operamail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 11:44:40PM -0600, Franklin Pierce wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Parquette <bcsfd204@twcny.rr.com>
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:55:07 -0500
> To: NOEL BALANSAG <pongkee@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load
>
> > NOEL BALANSAG wrote:
> >
> > >hello.
> > >
> > >pardon my stupid question, but how do i invoke the
> > >command "ee" or "vi"?
> *snip*
> > >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?
> *snip*
> > Noel,
> > From your description I'm assuming you are going into single user mode.
> > It sounds like fstab is pointing in the wrong place.
> *snip*
>
> Don't forget you'll have to invoke it with a long path
> name, /usr/bin/ee . another option is to learn the
> rather hideous syntax of /bin/ed . OK, it's only
> mildly non-intuitive.
Another option is to install the editors/e3 port, and copy the
executable (which is entirely statically linked) into /bin. That gives
you an editor available in recovery mode (only / mounted) that can use
vi, emacs, or wordstar/pico key bindings as you want.
Jim
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