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From: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm>
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Subject: Re: How to edit file in single user mode
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Fernando Gleiser wrote:

>On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Trey Sizemore wrote:
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>  
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>>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:
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># mount -a
>
>that will mount all the filesystems and then vi will be available.
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>			Fer
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D'oh....sorry.  Dumb question, but thanks for answering anyway!