From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 25 18:45:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0A6B16A41F for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:45:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: from sanddollar.geekisp.com (sanddollar.geekisp.com [204.89.131.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C3B43D49 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:45:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: (qmail 15843 invoked by uid 1003); 25 Aug 2005 18:45:37 -0000 Received: from clam.int.geekisp.com (HELO clam.geekisp.com) (192.168.4.38) by mail.geekisp.com with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 25 Aug 2005 18:45:37 -0000 Received: from clam.geekisp.com (njt@localhost.geekisp.com [127.0.0.1]) by clam.geekisp.com (8.13.3/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j7PIjafc026754 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:45:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from njt@localhost) by clam.geekisp.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j7PIjZ2O027649 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:45:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: clam.geekisp.com: njt set sender to njt@ayvali.org using -f Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:45:35 -0400 From: "N.J. Thomas" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050825184535.GA6719@ayvali.org> References: <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org> <20050825141037.GA49271@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050825150531.GI1282@ayvali.org> <430E0C78.1080905@dial.pipex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <430E0C78.1080905@dial.pipex.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: /rescue/vi doesn't work without /usr (no terminal db) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:45:38 -0000 * Alex Zbyslaw [2005-08-25 19:22:48 +0100]: > > BUGS > > > > Most of the rescue tools work even in a fairly crippled system. > > The most egregious exception is the rescue version of vi(1), > > which currently requires that /usr be mounted so that it can > > access the termcap(5) files. > > Will ex not work? Since it's just vi without graphics it shouldn't need > a termcap (which doesn't mean it won't want one of course). What was > $TERM set to? /rescue/ex did not work, it gave the same error that /rescue/vi did, namely that the termcap/terinfo database was not found. $TERM was set to cons25 > Having said that, I can still remember a time when any sysadmin worth > tuppence would know how to use ed because that was all that worked on > a teletype :-) Yes, /rescue/ed did work, and of course I am glad that something was working, but ed is infinitely more tedious to work with than vi. But when things have gone so wrong that you actually have to use the tools in /rescue, you are generally not in the mood to deal with something as archaic as ed. =-) Thomas -- N.J. Thomas njt@ayvali.org Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo