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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 13:09:58 +0200
From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za>
To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>,
        angelayu <angelayu@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>
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Subject: Re: ttyv
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On Tue 1998-09-08 (11:09), Konrad Heuer wrote:
> > However, after i reboot, i got those messages:
> > 
> > getty[173]: open /dev/ttyv5: no such file or directory
> > getty[172]: open /dev/ttyv4: no such file or directory
> 
> Sorry, I forgot to mention that you've to create the device entries in
> `/dev' for the new consoles. Please enter:
> 
> cd /dev
> sh MAKEDEV ttyv4
> sh MAKEDEV ttyv5
> sh MAKEDEV ttyv6

This should be:
cd /dev
sh MAKEDEV vty12

to create 12 virtual terminals.

Neil
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Neil Blakey-Milner
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