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vty0 terminal window with HMC

  • 1.  vty0 terminal window with HMC

    Posted Fri May 25, 2012 04:23 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I've noticed when installing AIX on a partition (HMC console window), you are prompted to enter a terminal type. Instructions say to use vt100:

    http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.aix.install%2Fdoc%2Finsgdrf%2FHT_insgdrf_cdbosinstall_configure_after_new_installation.htm

    Now I've noticed that after choosing vt100, when you log in after that and echo $TERM, you are actually set to vt220. This is also the "term" attribute for vty0. It's possible to change the default term to vt100 using: chdev -l vty0 -a term=vt100

    However, is that better? Opinions?


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