Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:57:58 -0000 From: Mike Dewhirst <Dewhirst.M@UCLES.org.uk> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: your mail Message-ID: <0B0368CED76DD4118E1200D0B73E9B5D041E9F75@MAIL1>
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I've found that the "recovering vi editor sessions" bootup stage can take up
to 10-15 minutes.
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> From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:keramida@ceid.upatras.gr]
> Sent: 20 March 2002 19:19
> To: Praveen Bobba
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: your mail
>
>
> Praveen Bobba wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Unable to boot. It hangs up at recovering vi editor sessions.
>
> Don't be too terse when asking, also try to put a more
> descriptive subject.
> Something like "unable to boot, hang at recovering vi
> sessions" would be
> nice in this case.
>
> But about your question now. You can probably get away by booting in
> single user mode, and deleting the files in
> `/var/tmp/vi.recover'. Without
> more information about what is in there, it's hard to guess
> why it hangs.
> If you delete those files, the worst that can happen is lose
> some changes
> that you were making within vi(1) when a crash happened.
> It's usually safe
> enough to assume they were temporary changes, that are less
> useful than
> bringing the machine up again. But that depends on what you
> were editing
> and why. Which I don't know :)
>
> Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
> keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr}
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've found that the "recovering vi editor sessions" bootup stage can take up to 10-15 minutes.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Giorgos Keramidas [<A HREF="mailto:keramida@ceid.upatras.gr">mailto:keramida@ceid.upatras.gr</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: 20 March 2002 19:19</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: Praveen Bobba</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: your mail</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Praveen Bobba wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Hello,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Unable to boot. It hangs up at recovering vi editor sessions.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Don't be too terse when asking, also try to put a more </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> descriptive subject.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Something like "unable to boot, hang at recovering vi </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> sessions" would be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> nice in this case.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> But about your question now. You can probably get away by booting in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> single user mode, and deleting the files in </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> `/var/tmp/vi.recover'. Without</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> more information about what is in there, it's hard to guess </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> why it hangs.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> If you delete those files, the worst that can happen is lose </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> some changes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> that you were making within vi(1) when a crash happened. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> It's usually safe</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> enough to assume they were temporary changes, that are less </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> useful than</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> bringing the machine up again. But that depends on what you </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> were editing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and why. Which I don't know :)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> <A HREF="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/</A></FONT>;
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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