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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: multiple vt's increase to 8
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Organization: Mordor International
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 12:03:23 GMT
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Larry Snyder (larry@rn.com) wrote:
: How do I increase the number of virtual terminals on
: the console from the default of 3 to 8?

Isn't this configurable in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/yourkernel?
I believe the option in your case would be:

options		"MAXCONS=8"

Of course, then you need to config...make depend...make all...etc.

Good luck,

Chris

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