On Wed, 13 May 2009 05:34:43 -0400, Michael Powell <nightre...@verizon.net> wrote: > Yes - use the /rescue/vi as it has been statically compiled so it does not > rely on dynamic libraries which may not be available. The purpose here is > have a fallback position for repairing a damage/problem which may prevent a > successful mount of /usr.
In addition, you eventually want to do something about the termcap files that - at least I think - vi needs to run in a usable manner. The default is /etc/termcap@ -> /usr/share/misc/termcap - and in a "worst case scenario" /usr is out of reach. You can copy the file /usr/share/misc/termcap to /etc, run "cap_mkdb /etc/termcap" and then have /etc/termcap and /etc/termcap.db, which you can then symlink to /usr/share/misc/termcap and /usr/share/misc/termcap.db again. But note that this might lead to interferences with the freebsd-update tool as well as with the canonical way of updating the system through "make update" and "make build/install kernel/world". -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
