Re: about lpe

[Roberto Alsina <ralsina@unl.edu.ar>]

On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Birger Langkjer wrote:

> Den man, 26 apr 1999 skrev du:
> > On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Birger Langkjer wrote:
> > 
> ..
> > Tru removing that big qbasic.* from there ;-)
> That would explain it... :-)
> 
> ..
> > Usually: why build it static? The system only requires *one* static
> > editor, and only for cases of terrible disaster, where if they have a
> > remote chance of fixing it, they also know at least basic vi.
> If the filesystem is corrupted, will you be able to boot from the cdrom? Then
> size won't matter. You could have any editor you wanted. vi really should be
> retired :-)

On modern systems, yes. I routinely use the SuSE live CD as a super rescue
thingie.

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