On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:

> Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> >>  ah, (ahem) maybe I am not SUPPOSED to be using ttyE0????
> >>  I am controlling NetBSD entirely from my Mac IIx using ZTerm and a
> >>serial line.

> >In that case, you should edit /etc/ttys (from single user, after "fsck
> >-p; mount -u /") so that the getty on the appropriate serial device
> >(tty00 or tty01) is turned "on", and all the others are turned "off".

> Ok, I turned "console" and "tty00" in /etc/ttys "on", and "ttyE0" off.
> Then I booted (NON-single user) and it got past the "getty[174]:
> /dev/ttyE0: Device not configured" problem, and it typed (on the
> serial console):

Use "console" or "tty00", not both! "console" means "try to use the
device that the kernel thinks is the console" == tty00 in your case,
so you're running two gettys on the same line.

-- 

Frederick