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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!relay.nuxi.com!not-for-mail From: obrien@relay.nuxi.com (David E. O'Brien) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pesudo Console tty's Help Date: 13 Feb 1996 23:52:22 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4fr87m$cm5@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <4fp575$2k4s@news.gate.net> <4fplah$1k5@trout.progroup.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) wrote: : In article <4fp575$2k4s@news.gate.net>, : kwaddell@gate.net (Karl Waddell) writes: : >FreeBSD comes with 3 preconfigured console terminals. I have uncommented out : >the line in /etc/ttys to add more. The problem is now the system complains that : >it can not find the devices in /dev. Well I did not create those devices yet. I : >have been looking for the utility to create those additional devices and can : >not find it. I have used "MAKEDEV" without any luck. Should I be using "mknod" try ``MAKEDEV vty5'' to make ttyv0 - ttyv4 -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)