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Date:      Fri, 1 Apr 2005 03:31:28 +0200
From:      Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: i did it again
Message-ID:  <ef60af0905033117317931e809@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050401012107.GA57109@gothmog.gr>
References:  <ef60af0905033115291da6d5d7@mail.gmail.com> <20050401012107.GA57109@gothmog.gr>

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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:21:07 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas
<keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> On 2005-04-01 01:29, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote:
> > i putted mysqlsafe in my rc.local and found out ctrl + c doesnt work :)
> > In single user mode i wanted to edit the file but joe crashed and vi
> > was very strange. it was like it only had one line to display the file
> > and the arrow keys where acting strange ?
> 
> Bring up all the file systems manually, and you should be set to edit
> any file with TERM=cons25.  This should be something like:
> 
> 1. Start in single-user mode.  When you enter the root shell of the
> single user mode, there's only one filesystem (the root filesystem) and
> this one is mounted read-only.
> 
> 2. If your system clock is set to local time (and not UTC), run
> adjkerntz.
> 
>         # adjkerntz -i
> 
> 3. Do minimal sanity checks for all file systems:
> 
>         # fsck -p
> 
> 4. Remount the root file system as read-write:
> 
>         # mount -u /
> 
> 5. Mount all the rest, and then set your TERM to cons25 (TERM should be
> set IIRC only after termcap is available):
> 
>         # mount -va
>         # TERM=cons25 ; export TERM
> 
> 6. Edit your /etc/rc.local with any editor you prefer.
> 
> 7. Exit the single user shell and let the system go on booting in
> multi-user mode, as usual.
> 

what is IIRC ?
what is a termcap ?



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