From owner-freebsd-questions  Fri Aug 25 14:08:11 1995
Return-Path: questions-owner
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
          by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id OAA01545
          for questions-outgoing; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:08:11 -0700
Received: from everest (dtr.rain.com [204.119.8.19])
          by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA01535
          for <questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:08:08 -0700
From: bmk@dtr.com
Received: from rainier (rainier.dtr.com [204.119.48.36]) by everest (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA00362; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:03:11 -0700
Received: (from bmk@localhost) by rainier (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA00442; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:07:48 -0700
Message-Id: <199508252107.OAA00442@rainier>
Subject: Re: Why only 3 virtual screens?
To: freelist@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu (Don's FList drop)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:07:47 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: bmk@dtr.com, freyes@i-2000.com, questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950825162300.11735C-100000@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu> from "Don's FList drop" at Aug 25, 95 04:27:00 pm
Reply-To: bmk@dtr.com
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24]
Content-Type: text
Content-Length: 453       
Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org
Precedence: bulk


> Uh, don't think so. You'll need to _make the devices_, but I don't recall 
> recompliling the kernel to get my 10 devices. (And I can't find any entry 
> there about it) I am pretty sure all you need to do is:

> su root
> go to /dev
> ./MAKEDEV vty#   where # is 4 through 11

> and then alter ttys to getty the other ones.

> at least, I think that's all I ended up doing....

You're right, of course.  The default MAXCONS is 12, after all.  Duh.