Re: virtual terminals in Mac68k?

[amitai.schlair@usa.net (Amitai Schlair)]

> This might be a silly question but I can't find the answer anywhere-
> How does one switch virtual terminals in OpenBSD 2.3 mac68k?

VTs aren't in the kernel on mac68k. If you boot into 1-bit video, you
might have luck with 'dt':

<URL:ftp://ftp.macbsd.com/pub/NetBSD/utils/dt/dt-1.1.5.tar.gz>

> Also is there no way to have the machine boot right into OpenBSD? At this
> point I am forced to boot into MacOS first and then run the booter. With
> only 8Mb of RAM, its a little bit tight, but it works :D

I tell Mac OS to run the Booter app on startup, and I tell the Booter to
auto-boot after a couple seconds. This is good enough for my needs (I
don't reboot often).

There's an extension called 'Das Boot' that might be almost what you
want. It boots from the startup screen, meaning the RAM normally
allocated to the Finder during the OpenBSD boot is free.

<URL:http://info.khv.ru/style/alex/dasboot/dasboot.html>

Hope this helps.

- Amitai

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