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From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
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On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Trey Sizemore wrote:

> I made a typo in rc.conf and now am able to boot only into single user
> mode.  I thought vi would be available to edit the file, but cannot
> execute it (vi not found).  How can I edit my rc.conf at this point/

After you drop into single user, say the magic words:

# mount -a

that will mount all the filesystems and then vi will be available.


			Fer