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From: TAR@MAINE.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: PC 1.5.10 & /etc/ttys
Message-ID: <91011.110755TAR@MAINE.BITNET>
Date: 11 Jan 91 16:07:55 GMT
References: <6829@crash.cts.com>
Organization: University of Maine System
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(Person asks what the 1d2 in /etc/ttys was for and so on...)
 
    The first digit in the field tells INIT:
 
    0 = Dead line
    1 = Line to be run using login (direct)
    2 = Line to be run using getty (modem, direct, or ethernet)
 
    The second letter tells INIT what speed and parity to use.
 
    d = 2400,N,8,1
    0 = Console
 
    The third digit tells INIT what line this is,
 
    0 = Console
    1 = tty1
    2 = tty2, and so on.
 
    NOTE: All this, plus a listing of the second-position letters and what
          speed/partity they are, can be found in the INIT source code.
 
          Hope this helps.
 
                                 --Moth