Bug#512679: initramfs-tools: 'more' pager is broken in initramfs shell
reassign 512679 busybox
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:03:11PM -0500, Winston Smith wrote:
>
> Because of a failed boot (bug #489008) after an upgrade to Lenny, I was
> dropped into the initramfs shell, which I used to figure out how to specify
> my root file system using a label in grub. This was made slightly more difficult
> by the absence of a working pager; 'more' is present but behaves like
> 'cat'. Thus, 'find | more' is almost useless.
>
> Of course there are work-arounds, e.g., 'find | grep ...'.
more is provided by busybox, thus reassigning.
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