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Date:      Wed, 5 May 1999 21:20:21 +0400 (MSD)
From:      "Sergey Ayukov (mailing lists)" <asv1@crydee.sai.msu.ru>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: making more virtual ttyv's
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905052118480.3302-100000@crydee.sai.msu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905052035460.12237-100000@mercury.lostinspace.za.net>

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On Wed, 5 May 1999, Patrick Hyland wrote:

> I would like to create some more virtual tty's vy editing etc/tty
> But first I need to MAKEDEV the tty's. These are the ttyv#'s I have now 
> 
> [pbh@mercury] /dev $ ls ttyv
> ttyv0  ttyv1  ttyv2  ttyv3  
> 
> I thought making ttyv4 would be as simple as ./MAKEDEV ttyv4 
> 
> but 
> 
> [pbh@mercury] /dev $ ./MAKEDEV ttyv4
> ttyv4 - no such device name

See FAQ 9.4:

./MAKEDEV vty4

make sure you're doing it as root.

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Dr. Sergey Ayukov                          Sternberg Astronomical Institute
http://www.ayukov.com                                        Moscow, Russia
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