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glennes
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‎06-11-2014 10:36 AM - last edited on ‎06-11-2014 06:17 PM by

‎06-11-2014 10:36 AM - last edited on ‎06-11-2014 06:17 PM by

Editor for Single User Mode

I need to edit a configuration file when booted into single user mode. VI is not available. What editor works in single user mode and how do I invoke it?

 

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Glenn

 

 

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Patrick Wallek
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‎06-11-2014 08:37 PM

‎06-11-2014 08:37 PM

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Re: Editor for Single User Mode

When in single-user mode there are 3 things you need to do to get 'vi' to work:

 

1) mount /usr

2) mount /var

3) set your terminal.

 

Once you do those 'vi' should work fine.

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