> > > It is generally agreed that any Unix user should be able to use > > > vi, regardless of which editor he prefers to use regularly. > > > > Apparently the people who generated the debian rescue disk don't agree > > or the recent editor wars wouldn't have happened on this list. > > The main problem was that any of the vi-clone were too big for our > small boot/root disk. That's all of it. This won't be changed I > believe. End.
Then how about packaging up a utility to build a 'real' rescue disk and making the install procedure suggest that you run it before you exit? Everyone really should have a floppy around with the filesystem tools, fdisk, tar, and (of course) vi so they can recover from any normal problem. I've done this myself with the 'yard' utility (and needed it too...) but it takes too long for everyone to figure out what to do by themselves. Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
