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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Scott Myron <zamy27@hsonline.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: virtual terms...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420201907.17940I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <353B6E90.A947256D@hsonline.net>

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On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Scott Myron wrote:

> ok. I just recompiled my kernel with support for 16 tty's. now. I KNOW I
> have to edit my /etc/ttys to enable them. but in my /dev dir, I only
> have ttyv0-ttyv3. now how do I make more?

Actually, it supports a bunch by default, I did it from a stock install on
my laptop. :)

Next steps:

cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV vty16
vi /etc/ttys; add entries for ttyv3, ttyv4 ... etc, copying from ttyv1.
kill -1 1
# enjoy your new virtual consoles :)

> oh yeah, and just to save
> space on my / partition, can I delete "kernel.GENERIC"? after all, I DO
> have kernel and kernel.old. thanks again.

As long as you have a known good kernel to fall back on should your
original get corrupted or whatever, go ahead and delete it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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