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From: mike@bamboo.verinet.com (Mike Loseke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I increase ptys?
Date: 22 Aug 1996 08:00:42 -0000
Organization: Verinet Communications
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References: <4vbvb4$71f@bamboo.verinet.com> <4ved5m$ka6@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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In article <4ved5m$ka6@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
>mike@bamboo.verinet.com (Mike Loseke) wrote:
>
>> I know the answer to this is simple, but I haven't discovered it yet: How
>> do I increase the number of available ptys on by 2.1-RELEASE box?
>
>. bump the number in the ``pseudo-device pty'' line in your kernel
>  config file, _and_
>. run MAKEDEV with the arguments pty1, pty2 etc., each will create a
>  block of 32 ptys.

Ahh... Thank you for your time!
-- 
        Mike Loseke         |
    System Administrator    |         Thank you, drive through!
   Verinet Communications   |                           -- Beavis
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