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Article #927Re: VaxStation II console port
From: Brian V. Smith
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 16:06
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 16:06
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In article <1989Nov22.133112.2078@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, garyf@mehlville.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Gary Faulkner) writes: > On the back of VaxStation II's, there is what appears to be a console port. > Can anyone tell me what the major and minor device #'s would be to access > this port (for Ultrix)?? You are correct; it is the "console" device. You can either do a "mknod /dev/ttycp c 38 0" or "cd /dev ; MAKEDEV ttycp" to create it. It can be used for logins, printers, etc. _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!epb2!envbvs From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: VaxStation II console port Message-ID: <4280@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 22 Nov 89 16:06:45 GMT References: <1989Nov22.133112.2078@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Reply-To: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) Organization: lbl Lines: 16