editors in rescue mode (thanks)

[Robert Holtzman]

> To add to my previous: I just brought up the Alternate CD and arrowed
> down to "Rescue a broken system". I then selected F6 and selected
> "Expert Mode" and allowed it to boot. That brings up a menu:
> o choose language
> o configure keyboard
> o detect and mount cd-rom
> o load installer components from cd
> o change debconf priority
> o check the cd-rom(s) integrity
> o save debug logs
> o execute a shell
> o abort the installation
>
> [I've never tried the "Expert Mode" before]
>
> I selected "Execute a shell" and the menu then brings up:
> <quote>
> After this message, you will be running "ash", a Bourne-shell clone.
>
> The root file is a RAM disk. The hard disk file systems are mounted on
> "/target". The editor available to you is nano. It's very small and easy
> to figure out. To get an idea of what Unix utilities are available to
> you, use the "help" command.
> </quote>
>
>> From there I cd'd to /usr/share/terminfo/b/ and sure enough, bterm is
> there _and_ nano is working normally. I've no idea why it doesn't work
> in non-expert mode (yet).

I never would have found that on my own. Thanks.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
The most dangerous ones aren't the ones who don't know.
They're the ones who don't know that they don't know.