Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:18:13 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the point of the shell choice in single user mode? Message-ID: <20071201061813.2a0e35e2@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20071201044427.38bd2c84@asus.freeode.co.uk> References: <20071201044427.38bd2c84@asus.freeode.co.uk>
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 04:44:27 +0000 John Murphy <freebsd001@freeode.co.uk> wrote: > I've just successfully done the world and kernel upgrade from 7 beta2 > to beta3. I've always had a mergemaster phobia, but it didn't seem too > bad this time. I thought I'd broken it after choosing /bin/tcsh as my > shell in single user mode. It grumbled about termcap (I think) and > then gave me a "simple shell" with a % prompt. > ... > I'll know to always accept the suggested /bin/sh in future, but I was > wondering if the only reason a choice of a different shell is offered > is to scare the unwary. Selecting /bin/[t]csh always works for me.
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