[Leaplist] Serious computer trouble here

[Kevin Korb]

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I generally don't bother installing a stripped down vim and a full
featured vim.  Besides, if you want a stripped down vi then e3 is even
smaller though it only works on x86 compatible systems.

On 02/17/10 17:06, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Hmmm, not a bad idea.  Try touching something in /etc to see
> if writing is possible.
> 
> As far as /usr and/or /var, I know /bin/vi is provided by vim.tiny (Debian),
> vim-minimal (Fedora) and other options exist for these states.  But yeah,
> if you try to launch "vim," it doesn't work and one just needs to slip back
> to "vi".
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net>
> 
> I can never remember which systems do or don't leave / read only at that
> point so I always try to touch something before I get into vi.
> 
> Also, if you have separate /usr and /var filesystems those will need to
> be mounted before vim will work.
> 

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