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From: starr@shuxd.UUCP (Michael L. Starr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MKS vi on ATT 6386
Keywords: HELP
Message-ID: <182@shuxd.UUCP>
Date: 16 Nov 88 15:20:19 GMT
References: <5054@whuts.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: starr@shuxd.UUCP (Michael L. Starr)
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T Human Resources Data Systems, Morristown, NJ
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In article <5054@whuts.ATT.COM> mja@whuts.ATT.COM (AMMANN) writes:
>I've installed the MKS toolkit on my 6386. Unfortunately vi seems
>to be having some problems. If I try to delete a line the system
>hangs, complete with keyboard lockup. 
>I'm booting this system off a floppy because my main hard disk
>is mounted as a Unix(tm) disk. I think maybe that has some thing to
>do with the problem. Like maybe it's trying to store the delete buffer
>in some strange place.

I run MKS toolkit on my 6386, too.  I have most of my files on my C: drive
and when I edit files on my C: drive, it works fine.  I experenced
problems when I would attempt to use vi on other drives, until I created
a tmp directory at the root level on each drive.
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