Subject: Re: init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/27/2002 14:46:22
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> I am curious: when is it okay to have ttyE0 and console both have gettys?

Ans: when "console" is not identical to "ttyE0", for example, when
"console" is a serial port.

> Anyways, I am not getting the error now. I wonder if I should turn "off"
> the ttyE0 entry in /etc/ttys though.

Either that, or turn off "console". The "console" port is useful if
you have both a serial terminal and a video card, or if you don't know
what you'll have (as in a newly installed system), but it's not
particularly helpful in your case.

Frederick