Why does bsd keep asking me to input a terminal on each startup? What 
exactly does it mean by "terminal" and what the heck does vt220 mean?

(Another example of what I mean by the docs being obtuse. They tell you 
to input vt220, but they don't tell you why you need to keep inputting it 
over and over, or what it means. Sort of like learning surgery by the 
"just shut up and cut here" method!)

David Kachel