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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 18:51:02 +0200 (IST)
From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
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Subject: Re: Adding ttyv? devices.
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I've been searching/reading archives/FAQ's and as far as I can tell
> MAXCONS is 12 by default (LINT), So to add ttyv[4-11] should be:
> 	% ./MAKEDEV ttyv4
> It returns:
> 	ttyv4 - no such device name
> 
> and add em to /etc/ttys
> 
> What am I missing here.
I guess you can't be blamed, because this is really confusing.
You should do ./MAKEDEV vty4

Look in MAKEDEV for such things...

> 
> Thanks all
> 
> -Enjoy
> Gary
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Nadav