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Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)



> If vi would fit on the rescue disk, do you think we would be discussing
> ae?

> To be able to do an install with the rescue disk the space priorities
> don't allow anything but ae in that environment. When you can get vi's
> binary size down to the footprint of ae, I will be glad to replace it.
> Until then all talk of superior usability are nothing but talk. It will
> not fit.

rescue disk ? if the system fails, you have to install the base system on your
swap partition, and than continue with that.
ok, in some very rare conditions you can't do that, and then you need an
editor. 

what about createing a bootable live-rescue-cdrom ?
does anybody know how to do that.

andreas


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