From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 3 19:12:31 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D009D16A41A for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.com) Received: from mail.wcborstel.com (www.wcborstel.com [82.93.93.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6537D13C47E for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.com) Received: from mail.wcborstel.com (localhost [10.0.0.2]) by mail.wcborstel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0794433AFF for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:13:29 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail.wcborstel.com (Postfix, from userid 58) id 651ED433AFE; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:13:29 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on mail.wcborstel.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Report: * -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP * -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] * 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message Received: from [10.0.1.26] (unknown [10.0.1.26]) by mail.wcborstel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD1C4335D9 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:13:24 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47545517.9040302@wcborstel.com> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:12:23 +0100 From: Jorn Argelo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------010602000808010409030401" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: What's the point of the shell choice in single user mode? 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: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:12:31 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010602000808010409030401 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------010602000808010409030401 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Re: What's the point of the shell choice in single user mode?.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename*0="Re: What's the point of the shell choice in single user mode"; filename*1="?.eml" Message-ID: <47545166.8040307@wcborstel.com> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:56:38 +0100 From: Jorn Argelo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Philip M. Gollucci" Subject: Re: What's the point of the shell choice in single user mode? References: <20071201044427.38bd2c84@asus.freeode.co.uk> <20071201061813.2a0e35e2@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20071201140619.4b7332ba@asus.freeode.co.uk> <4752EFF1.9050107@wcborstel.com> <20071203181412.709fab80@gumby.homeunix.com.> <4754500D.8070706@wcborstel.com> <4754508E.30802@riderway.com> In-Reply-To: <4754508E.30802@riderway.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070409050208010100020505" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070409050208010100020505 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > Jorn Argelo wrote: > >> RW wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:48:33 +0100 >>> Jorn Argelo wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Also note that vi doesn't work by default as it needs to write >>>> to /tmp. So mount /tmp or re-mount / to RW permissions. >>>> >>>> >>> I think vi will also fail unless it has access to termcap, so you'd >>> need /usr mounted too. >>> >>> >> You'd need to mount /usr anyway, as the vi binary is located in /usr/bin ;-) >> > *cough* /rescue/vi > > Ah good point, forgot about that one. Cheers --------------070409050208010100020505 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Philip M. Gollucci wrote: Jorn Argelo wrote: RW wrote: On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:48:33 +0100 Jorn Argelo [1] wrote: Also note that vi doesn't work by default as it needs to write to /tmp. So mount /tmp or re-mount / to RW permissions. I think vi will also fail unless it has access to termcap, so you'd need /usr mounted too. You'd need to mount /usr anyway, as the vi binary is located in /usr/bin ;-) *cough* /rescue/vi Ah good point, forgot about that one. Cheers References 1. mailto:jorn@wcborstel.com --------------070409050208010100020505-- --------------010602000808010409030401--