Re: tlug: Using Vi with Boot Floppy

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Rob Bickel wrote:

> 
> Well, I solved the problem.  I got a note from Jim Tittsler that
> suggested that maybe vi was just a symbolic link.  Well, it was,
> but then when I tried to run the no linked version, I still 
> didn't get anywhere.  
> 
> But that did get me thinking.  Anyway, I have a couple linux systems
> installed on the same machine.  So I mounted the Redhat partition
> rather than the Slackware parition and for some unknown reason, I
> could use vi from the Redhat partition.  I still have no idea
> why the one of the Slackware parition didn't work.

try the chroot way, but to really diagnose it, try running ldd on the
suspect vi binary.  Does it say that it can't execute it or that it can't
find a library?

> 
> Rob
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