give this command:

mknod /dev/console c 0 0
mknod should be in /etc, but i cant guarantee you'll find it anywhere
specific.. if you have a MAKEDEV script in your /dev directory, then you
could just do a cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV console , as well. 

happy  hacking,
isildur

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Blaise St-Laurent wrote:

> So i was told a while back that the easiest way to stop the pmax from
> spewing out debug info to the screen (thereby corrupting my X session) was
> to create /dev/console.. which is something i'm not entirely sure of how
> to do in NetBSD.. What are the major minor codes, and what permissions are
> required for this to work? 
> 
> Thanks a bunch...
> 
> 
>