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Subject: Re: Using Vi through a Serial Console
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Mario Antonio wrote:

>Dear List,
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>When I make a serial connection to a FreeBSD server that has its serial port
>configured as a console, how can I make the "vi" editor work?
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export the TERM environment variable from the shell to the correct 
value, try:
TERM=vt100
export TERM

as a first shot...

Scott