Can't vi in single user mode

Question

In DragonflyBSD, I need to edit /etc/rc.conf in single user mode, but

# mount -u /
# mount -a  
# vi /etc/rc.conf  
vi: unknown: unknown terminal type  
# ee /etc/rc.conf  
Error opening terminal: unknown.  
# mc
The TERM environment variable is unset!

Any hints?

`export TERM=vt100` and try again, or the location of your termcap definitions are on an unmounted drive (/usr?) — Drav Sloan, Nov 07 '15 at 13:53
If you only need to make minor changes you can interactively use `ed`, or non-interactiveyly use `sed`. — RobertL, Nov 07 '15 at 16:37
Yay! `export TERM=vt100` did the job. Thanks, Drav. And thanks to Robert. Now I want to learn about `ed` an `sed`. — Mirco, Nov 07 '15 at 23:19
@DSBP Please add your solution as an answer. So others can benefit from your work. — Raphael Ahrens, Nov 09 '15 at 15:11

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '15 at 16:53

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export TERM=vt100 did the job.

answered Nov 11 '15 at 16:53

Mirco

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