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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 18:45:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dave H." <hummel@www.buffalostate.edu>
To: Brian William Francis Tobin XXIX <jebudas@plato.virgil.net>
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Subject: Re: virtual terminals
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I think it's actually ./MAKEDEV tty x   where x is the number of terminals
you want.  

On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Brian William Francis Tobin XXIX wrote:

> 
> Hello and Thank You.
> I am using FreeBSD 2.1.6
> 
> I am trying to add more virtual terminals so that I can access various 
> emails by hitting Alt-F#.
> 
> I have added the proper text to the /etc/ttys file.
> I went to /dev and tried this:
> ./MAKEDEV ttyv4
> 
> I receive:
> ttyv4 - no such device name
> 
> I appreciate your help.
> 
> Brian WF Tobin
>