On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Chris Jacobson wrote:

> Thu Aug 22 23:33:38 PDT 1996
> Aug 22 23:33:05 myname last message repeated 89 times

odd.  That's not normal.  Oh well.

> Aug 22 23:33:39 myname init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
> Aug 22 23:33:42 myname getty[294]: /dev/ttye0: Device not configured

Before switching to multi-user, use vi to edit the file /etc/ttys.  Change
the "on" in the line that starts with ttye0 to "off" and change the line
for the appropriate port (tty00=modem and tty01=printer) to "on".  I
_think_ I got the port order right this time....  Oh heck, turn 'em both
on and turn off whichever one it doesn't say you logged in from.  Easiest
answer.

> few seconds pass, the drive runs some more data again, then it just sits
> there.

That's the cron daemon auto-syncing the disks to prevent data loss.
Happens every 30 seconds or so under most unices.  I assume the same is
true for NetBSD, though I've never actually checked.

Later,

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