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From: dlawyer@balboa.eng.uci.edu (David Lawyer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX 1.3 login on tty1
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Date: 20 May 89 04:38:29 GMT
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In article <1134@bnlux0.bnl.gov> benu@bnlux0.UUCP (David Hassel) writes:
>I have just upgraded from Minix 1.1 to 1.3 and I would like to have a terminal
>login via tty1 (COM1).  I have modified the /etc/ttys file to include:
>	100
>	1d1
>and made the device /dev/tty1 with mknod /dev/tty1 c 5 1.  When I try to login
>via tty1, I get no response.  				Dave Hassel
The device tty1 should be 4 1 (not 5 1).  1d1 is OK.  The first 1
starts login running on the serial port.  See /tools/init.c for more
details.