Subject: Re: Annoying little problem
To: Jym & Sharon Brittain <boleyhs@brightok.net>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/25/1998 10:00:15
Jym & Sharon Brittain wrote:
> I have followed the procedure for installation listed on both the MacBSD
> page and that which came with the 1.3 version. When I go to boot in
> single user mode to edit rc.conf, I get vi: vi not found. This happens
> with EVERY command when I use a seperate partition for /usr. Anyone else
> experience similar problems and have a solution? If I use a joint /root &
> usr partition it works fine.
>
> This is on a Mac2ci with 20 megs of RAM and an external Quantum 730 meg
> HD.
I'm fairly sure that this is mentioned in the INSTALL doc, but since 'vi'
is located in /usr/bin, you need to mount /usr first:
mount -r /usr
will work just fine. Once you've done this, you can use vi to edit the
file. If this is no where in the INSTALL doc, please let me know.
Later.
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Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6 Intel Corporation
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