Bruce O'Neel wrote:

> Kris Jones writes:
>  > 
> 
>  > 2. I changed the the rc_configured=NO to rc_configured=YES, saved the 
>  > rc.conf and rebooted into multiuser,
>  > but now I keep getting errors that getty can't open TTY or something to that 
>  > affect. It just sits and retries ever 15min or so, so I can't get anywhere.
>  > 
>  > What did I do wrong?
>  > 
>  > Any hints/tips?
> 
> You might want to check /etc/ttys.  I had to change the consol to on
> from off.
> 
> 

It sounds suspiciously like the original poster installed from MacOS 
using an older version of the installer which did not create /dev/ttyE0.

If so, boot single user, cd to /dev, and run "./MAKEDEV all"

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