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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Adding a HP terminal to my PC under FreeBSD
Date: 2 Mar 1996 20:36:21 GMT
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Antonio Navarro Navarro <webmaster@bemarnet.es> writes:

> I have a Pentium machine running FreeBSD v2.05, and I want to add a
> terminal to it.  Which files should I modify for doing it ?

RTFM init(8), ttys(5), gettydefs(5).

Basically, you need to edit the line with ``ttyd1'' in /etc/ttys,
and then

	kill -HUP 1

-- 
cheers, J"org

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