On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Mark Andres wrote:

> Now here is the problem. In single-user mode, you cannot use vi or pico
> because they cannot find the TERM environmen variable. The only editor you
> have available is 'ed' which is a line editor.  So here is how you can use
> 'ed' to make the changes in the /etc/rc.conf file.

Well, here's how you can use vi to make the changes:  at the shell
prompt, type the command ``export TERM=vt100'' and voila now you can use
vi!


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