From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 05:46:47 2004 Return-Path: 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 2630F16A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:46:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from postino-1.etat.lu (postino-1.etat.lu [194.154.205.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB5643D62 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:46:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu) Received: from avirus.cie.etat.lu (avirus.cie.etat.lu [148.110.136.55]) by postino-1.etat.lu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5703C34A892 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:46:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from hermes-2 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by avirus.cie.etat.lu (8.11.7+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id i0HDkfM00622 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:46:42 +0100 (MET) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail.etat.lu by mail.etat.lu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) id <0HRM00C01ZA06E@mail.etat.lu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:46:42 +0100 (MET) Received: from lucy ([148.110.43.189])18 2003)) freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:46:41 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:46:47 +0100 From: Didier WIROTH To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <0HRM00E0AZLTGW@mail.etat.lu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thread-index: AcPdAFmmBJq6jKruSoqPzZjD+L9I5Q== Subject: starting /stand/sysinstall in single user mode, how? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:46:47 -0000 hi, (concerns freebsd 5.2-release) when I restart in single user mode with: "shutdown now" I choose: /bin/csh as my shell. Set TERM variable: set TERM cons25 and try to start sysinstall: /stand/sysinstall A message appears: Try to set the TERM variable before using sysinstall Sysinstall will use ASCII mode .. (The message is not 100% exact) It looks like it doesn't accept or recognize the TERM variable? What's wrong with my TERM variable, I have also tried: set TERM=cons25 or anything imaginable, nothing worked! What can I do? It is actually impossible to use sysinstall in ASCII mode, you can't navigate in it, it immediately crashes. many thanks