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From: Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au>
To: kevin <zerox@singnet.com.sg>
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Subject: Re: MAKEDEV vty4 doesnt work?
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Someone will no doubt correct me if I am wrong, but I think that 
sh MAKEDEV vty4
creates 4 ttyv device entries, ttyv0 - ttyv3. So if you want a ttyv4 you
will need to:
sh MAKEDEV vty5 
which will create 5 ttyv devices from ttyv0 - ttvy4

Andrew Perry

On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, kevin wrote:

> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:11:07 +0800 (SST)
> From: kevin <zerox@singnet.com.sg>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: MAKEDEV vty4 doesnt work?
> 
> hi guys,
> 
> Having a problem to create vty4,vty5..etc
> This is wat i did:
> 
> sh MAKEDEV vty4
> ls ttyv4
> 
> I got "ls: ttyv4: No such file or directory"
> 
> what have i missed?
> 
> thanx
> kevin
>