Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 10:14:55 -0700 (PDT) From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> To: vasu@inorbit.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help need on consoles Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005041011580.7207-100000@manatee.mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <000504030657HH.28337@weba7.iname.net>
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On Thu, 4 May 2000 vasu@inorbit.com wrote: > Hello FreeBSD'r > > Once again I need some help on FreeBSD. I m fimiliar > with BSDI's BSD and so I have questions due to differnce > in the two.. > > In BSDI .. we were able to get 8 console screens... > (Alt+f1, .. Alt+f8) stuff.. but in freebsd we get > only 3 such screens.. In BSDI .. we used to just > modify the /etc/ttys file to increase or decrease this > number but I find this file to be different in freebsd. > > any help ?? > In addition to editing /etc/ttys, you have to create the devices, as in "sh MAKEDEV vty8". There is also an option in the kernel "MAXCONS=n". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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