vi almost unusable in recovery console

[NoOp]

On 07/30/2008 03:40 PM, Brian McKee wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I'm trying to edit an fstab with vi using the ubuntu alternate cd's
> 'recover a broken system' option.
> I'm using the alternate cd because this system has a mix of regular
> and LVM partitions, and IIRC the live cd doesn't grok that.
> 
> The problem is the console it drops you into has a term type of
> 'bterm' or similar, which vi guesses is ansi - with very mixed
> results.   The screen doesn't refresh properly etc etc. So, two
> questions:
> 
> 1 - is there any way to get a better terminal?  or a different TERM I
> can tell vi it is for better results?
> 
> 2 - what the heck package would I report a bug against?  or am I
> wishing for the impossible?
> 
> (yes, that's four questions - sue me :-)
> 
> Note that nano doesn't work right either - and emacs isn't available.
> 
> Comments?  Suggestions?
> 
> Brian
> 

Try editing using nano:
sudo nano /etc/fstab

Very simple & easy to use.