>>>>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:02:02 -0600, >>>>> Jamie Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I may have missed something from the thread before I joined the list, > but is there any reason you can't just mount the filesystems and use vi > as you're used to? If you're getting far enough in the boot process to > get an opportunity to interact with a shell, you should just be able to > mount -a and vi whatever. (Or, if you want to play it safe (or if the > system wasn't cleanly shutdown before), fsck and then mount -a) This should work fine. Although, depending on where he is in the boot process, / may be mounted read-only. Do `mount -uw /' to make it read-write. The lesson here is that when editing any file that is even remotely connected to the boot process, _make_a_backup_copy_. You can then simply mv the backup copy back into place should you mess up. Sandy _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"