Hi all,

Does anyone have any ideas about this - surely a good thing to know how to edit 
files in recovery mode?

Or do I need to attach a bribe!?!? :)

Jeff

On 30 Jul 2012, at 11:29, Jeff Jones wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I used the BX Centos 6 based recovery mode for the first time last week.
> 
> After booting fro the iso and getting through initial recovery - I finally 
> managed to get through to the basic shell to see my file system. I just 
> needed to edit a few config files.
> 
> However - when I tried to 'vi' anything, my config file shows up - however 
> none of the usual 'vi' commands seemed to work. For instance 'I' did not 
> enable edit mode.
> 
> On examining the Centos website, there is a section about recovery mode, in 
> which it mentions something about 'joe' which is another editor. It clearly 
> states that if you type 'vi' commands, you will get joe instead. But I can't 
> find any trace of 'joe' on the cd or disk.
> 
> All I can see in /user/bin is vi - but it's not itself - seems badly broken 
> or something.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jeff
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