Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load

[Franklin Pierce]

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Parquette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:55:07 -0500
To: NOEL BALANSAG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how do i invoke the command "ee" or "vi" when system fails to load
NOEL BALANSAG wrote:

>hello.
>
>pardon my stupid question, but how do i invoke the
>command "ee" or "vi"?
*snip*
>how do i invoke "ee" or "vi"? is it ok to just edit
>the file "/etc/fstab" and reboot? is there anything
>else i need to do?
*snip*
Noel,
 From your description I'm assuming you are going into single user mode. 
 It sounds like fstab is pointing in the wrong place.
*snip*

Don't forget you'll have to invoke it with a long path
name, /usr/bin/ee .  another option is to learn the
rather hideous syntax of /bin/ed .  OK, it's only
mildly non-intuitive.


"It's a new idea," said Jai.
"I'd better go and share it with the club before I become rigid and defensive about 
it," he added hastily.
              --Joanna Russ, _And Chaos Died_
  
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