> Also,
> 
>   >Remember that the DECstation
>   >console doesn't support cursor positioning, so you cannot use vi.  You
>   >can edit the disklabel disk.profile back on your helper machine.
> 
> This is not quite accurate.  The Ultrix console can't do cursor
> positioning. The NetBSD console can. You need to do something like
> 	TERM=sun; export  TERM
> or
> 	set term=sun
> 
> depending on your shell preference. (Using 'rcons' may work as well.)

I will second this excellent suggestion. The sun entry can be
slightly improved by defining 'li#57' and 'hs'. This gives very tolerable
vi behavior, and more/less/systat etc like it. The arrow and prev/next keys
don't work, but who cares, eh?  Vim will even split its screen with
this termcap. Haven't tried `screen' -- why tempt fate?

this would be a usable interim termcap:

pmax|DecStation 3100 console:\
	:li#57:hs:tc=sun-il:

Perhaps this or something even better should be in install-roots /root/.termcap?

Dave