On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 01:30:48PM -0400, Michael Lambert wrote: > On 24 Jul 2012, at 13:16, HvN wrote: > > > I booted into single user mode, mounted / and /usr according to FAQ 8. > > However, when I try to use vi to change fstab, it says "unknown terminal > > type". Any suggestions ? > > Use ed(1) to edit? >
Using ed is a little bit more difficult (Is anyone really too lazy to use an editor locate in root?), but when everything is fracked to hell and back, ed always works just fine. No need to deal with other partitions at all. I suggest learning to use ed for all of these single user mode problems. I do and I don't regret it at all. ;) Chris Bennett
