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From: obrien@relay.nuxi.com (David E. O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pesudo Console tty's Help
Date: 13 Feb 1996 23:52:22 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) wrote:
: In article <4fp575$2k4s@news.gate.net>,
: 	kwaddell@gate.net (Karl Waddell) writes:
: >FreeBSD comes with 3 preconfigured console terminals. I have uncommented out 
: >the line in /etc/ttys to add more. The problem is now the system complains that 
: >it can not find the devices in /dev. Well I did not create those devices yet. I 
: >have been looking for the utility to create those additional devices and can 
: >not find it. I have used "MAKEDEV" without any luck. Should I be using "mknod" 


try ``MAKEDEV vty5'' to make ttyv0 - ttyv4

-- David   (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)