On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 07:17:25AM -0500, Scott McEachern wrote: > On 01/11/13 16:38, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > >sparc64 machine, a neglected typo in fstab while changing a disk mountpoint > >and boom! - no boot :( > > > > > > ed(1) isn't hard to use, but if you haven't used it in a while, as > espie@ said, having another machine handy to hit the man page is > useful. Go play with ed(1) now when you aren't in "panic mode" to > get a feel for it. > > However, if you really feel the need to use vi, then do something like this: > > 1) use disklabel(8) to see what partition on your HDD contains the > /usr partition. vi(1) lives in /usr/bin, so I'm assuming you don't > have /usr/bin/ mounted somewhere other than /usr. > > Pretend it's on partition 'f' of sd0. Let's also pretend your root > partition is on 'a'. > > 2) #mount /dev/sd0a / > #mount /dev/sd0f /usr > > If you run vi now, it'll bitch about your terminal type not being set, so: > > 3) #export TERM=vt220 (or whatever is applicable to you) > > 4) #vi /etc/fstab (fix your mistake(s)) > > 5) #reboot
Did you actually test that ? vi wants /var/tmp rw as well...
