Vern Hoxie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> /dev/tty0 is a console (screen display) that is accessed by pressing
> the <ALT><F1> keys.  <ALT><F2> can access /dev/tty1.  Normal kernels
> will provide separate consoles for <ALT><F1> to <ALT><F6>. 

Some common distributions (SuSE) will have their init spawn mingetty on
each of /dev/tty1 ... /dev/tty6, to be precise. The Kernel usually
handles more than 6, don't know the exact figure, may be 63 or 64. 

-- 
Matthias Andree

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