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Date:      Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:10:37 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /rescue/vi doesn't work without /usr (no terminal db)
Message-ID:  <20050825141037.GA49271@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
In-Reply-To: <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org>
References:  <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org>

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On 2005-08-25 10:04, "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> wrote:
> I just booted into single user on a 5.4-p6 system. I needed to edit
> something on the root fs, but /rescue/vi wouldn't work, it complained
> about not finding the terminal database.
>
> I saw some mention in the archives from June about fixing this, though I
> don't think anything has been comitted yet.
>
> In the meantime, how can I run /rescue/vi without /usr?

I don't think you can.  It only needs a read-only /usr though, so if
/usr is a local filesystem you can probably get away with:

	# mount -o ro /usr




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