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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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