A Linux system has up to 63
.I "virtual consoles"
(character devices with major number 4 and minor number 1 to 63),
-usually called
+usually called
.I /dev/ttyn
with 1 \(<=
.I n
.LP
Common ways to start a process on a console are:
(a) tell
-.BR init (8)
+.BR init (1)
(in
.BR inittab (5))
to start a
.LP
The command
.BR deallocvt (1)
-(formerly
+(formerly
.BR disalloc )
will free the memory taken by the screen buffers for consoles
that no longer have any associated process.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR chvt (1),
.BR deallocvt (1),
+.BR init (1),
.BR loadkeys (1),
.BR mknod (1),
.BR openvt (1),
.BR ttyS (4),
.BR charsets (7),
.BR agetty (8),
-.BR init (8),
.BR mapscrn (8),
.BR mingetty (8),
.BR resizecons (8),