* Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-25 17:10:37 +0300]:
> On 2005-08-25 10:04, "N.J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In the meantime, how can I run /rescue/vi without /usr?
>
> I don't think you can. It only needs a read-only /usr though, so if
> /usr is a local filesystem you can probably get away with:
>
> # mount -o ro /usr
Yeah, I was actually thinking of the (rare) case when /usr was not
accessible. This time it was, so I got away with it.
But I did find this in rescue(8) however:
BUGS
Most of the rescue tools work even in a fairly crippled system.
The most egregious exception is the rescue version of vi(1),
which currently requires that /usr be mounted so that it can
access the termcap(5) files. Hopefully, a failsafe termcap(3)
entry will eventually be added into the ncurses(3) library, so
that /rescue/vi can be used even in a system where /usr cannot
immediately be mounted. In the meantime, the rescue version of
the ed(1) editor can be used from /rescue/ed if you need to edit
files, but cannot mount /usr.
I don't know how old this note is, but I hope the failsafe termcap will
be added soon.
Thomas
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N.J. Thomas
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