vim command not working in rescue disk

[Christopher J. Bottaro]

stab in the dark, but it sounds like you are using vi and not vim (or maybe
its vim in vi compatibility mode or something like that).

Soo Sip Boon wrote:

> my fedora 2 cannot start , so i have to boot from
> rescue disk. i used vim to as a command based text
> editor to change the configuration. i am able to open
> the program, but i fail to change anything. when i
> press up and down, it not moving. when i press delete
> key, it change the capital letter to upper case. when
> i press any alphabert, it not working at all.
> 
> any other text editor that can be use in rescue mode?
> or any solution to used the vim?
> 
> 
> 
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