On 3/12/22 08:39, i...@tutanota.com wrote:
> I know I am not going to get any points for this, but I had to fix a broken
> OpenBSD box today that could not boot and I didn't have any network for a
> couple of hours, which made me stuck with ed from the boot media.
>
> So I did "man ed", which of
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 9:41 PM wrote:
> At least I will make sure to always have a custom install media ready.
Make sure you test it before you need to rely on it.
(Also, using echo isn't necessarily a bad idea, though there are
faster approaches. If retyping a line because of a typo is a probl
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 4:48 PM wrote:
> I already have that book, which is why I KNOW I will never want to use
> ed :)
>
> But thank you all for your feedback. I will make a custom install media
> from now on.
I have been trying to figure out what's going on here: you have not
really explained w
Well, I think you should accept that this community features its own
dogmas, like no zfs/hammerfs/ext4/xfs, bsd.rd smallest possible, no
bluetooth, a prehistoric wm in base, and so on. Either you understand it or
quit, because they won't change their minds :(
I also asked for vi years ago and wasn
Ian Darwin:
> It doesn't take that long to learn ed from the "bottom line" of vi,
ed(1) is much like an interactive version of sed(1). Which is no
coincidence. If you know the basics of sed(1), ed(1) is straightforward.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.
i...@tutanota.com:
> I know how to use vi, but ed just draws the line.
Here's just the book for you:
Michael W. Lucas, Ed Mastery
https://mwl.io/nonfiction/tools#ed
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
On 2022-03-12, Sven F. wrote:
>> > Out of room? What does that even mean? Are you still using floppy disks!?
Some of the install images *are* still using these, of course.
The install images are there to run the installer.
If you need a more complete system for repair purposes, boot from media
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 2:25 PM Sebastien Marie wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 08:00:10PM +0100, i...@tutanota.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Why does the ramdisk not include /usr/bin/vi by default? To date,
> > > it is the only UNIX-like environment I have ever seen without some
> > > form of vi.
>
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 08:00:10PM +0100, i...@tutanota.com wrote:
>
>
> > Why does the ramdisk not include /usr/bin/vi by default? To date,
> > it is the only UNIX-like environment I have ever seen without some
> > form of vi.
>
> Theo's answer: "For the same reasons it doesn't contain a web br
> Could we please get vi into base? Even the most basic version would do.
um, vi has been in base for years.
It has not been in the install media, which are chronically short out of room.
I would not advise you to hold your breath for vi to appear there in the next
week or so.
It doesn't take t
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On 2022-03-12, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 02:41:05PM -0600, rea...@catastrophe.net wrote:
>> >If not, consider hunting down a mini PCIe iwm(4) 7260 card, or an
>> >M.2 AX200 iwx(4) card with an adapter from M.2 to mini PCIe.
>> >Both would need compatible pigtails and antenna
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 02:41:05PM -0600, rea...@catastrophe.net wrote:
> >If not, consider hunting down a mini PCIe iwm(4) 7260 card, or an
> >M.2 AX200 iwx(4) card with an adapter from M.2 to mini PCIe.
> >Both would need compatible pigtails and antennas as well.
>
> Thanks, I'll get a 7260. Do
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