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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Virtual Consoles
Date: 19 Feb 1996 00:20:52 GMT
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bleau@dct.com writes:

> I just replaced LINUX with FreeBSD...I have acces to only 3 virtual
> consoles, I hit alt F1 thru F3 and after that I have no more to
> choose.  I'd like to have all twelve available.  How can I do it?

Edit /etc/ttys.  RTFM ttys(5), and init(8).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)