Over the weekend, something happened to the computer in question, and it 
stopped working. Meaning I couldn't turn it on. There was no sign of a 
fire or smoke, but switching cables around didn't help either. Its only a 
few years old(i386).

I reinstalled netbsd again on another box, and the problems I was facing 
earlier are not showing up as yet.

Thanks to all who helped. :)

-Samantha

 On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Jasper Wallace wrote:

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> On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Samantha wrote:
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> > > Samantha a écrit :
> > > > > You need to edit /etc/ttys and mark ttyE[0-35-7] as "on".  They are
> > > > > probably currently marked "off".
> > > >
> > > > I did that, on reboot I am told:
> > > > /dev/ttyE[1,2,3,4,6,7]: Device not configured
> > > >
> >
> > > > All the above ttys are in /dev/ and 1-4 worked before I added 6 and 7
> > > > into ttys and turned them "on"
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas why?
> > >
> > > You removed wscons or any wscons related driver from your kernel ?
> >
> > I used the kernel as is that I got from a net install. Didn't touch
> > anything. :(
> 
> you proabably need wscons=YES in /etc/rc.conf
> 
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-- 
Samantha