How to edit file in single user mode
Trey Sizemore
trey at fastmail.fm
Sun Nov 28 15:58:48 PST 2004
Fernando Gleiser wrote:
>On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Trey Sizemore wrote:
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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/
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>After you drop into single user, say the magic words:
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># mount -a
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>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!
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