On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:38 AM, Marcus <f5b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> how to fix fstab in single user mode for bootable "Live" USB drive
>
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#flashmemLive
> says:
> If your target machine has an ahci(4) or SCSI interface, you will
> probably find your USB drive's identifier changing. Having multiple
> versions of your /etc/fstab file may make this easier to "fix" (in
> single user mode).
>
> Install OpenBSD to USB drive in a notbook.   the usb drive is
> recognized as "sd1"
>
> Now put the USB drive into another PC an boot from USB. the usb dirve
> is recognized as "sd0".
>
> in the single user mode.
> "fsck -p / && mount -uw /"   not work
> "fsck -p /usr && mount /usr" not work
> "vi /etc/fstab" not work.
>
> question:
> how to mount root / writable and active vi editor?

Without looking, I'd guess that you need to change the last step to

env TERM=vt100 vi /etc/fstab

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