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diff --git a/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn b/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn
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@@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ If you use mutt, install `mutt-utf8` package. For lynx, edit `/etc/lynx.cfg`, ma
 
 If you use other applications, try to search with google for "application-name utf8" or "application-name unicode". Often you find what you need. The issues are the same for the GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux systems, so most of the information can be shared, except how to setup the system console to support Unicode, of course.
 
+The console-server watches for new hurdio terms (devices translated with /hurd/term) and adds them to /dev/vcs automatically. What this means is, if you create a new tty with MAKEDEV, and then attach something to it, it will now appear in /dev/vcs. When a term is disconnected from, it disappears from /dev/vcs. /libexec/getty is what is usually attached to a term. You can see this automatic adding and removing of terms from the console-server by typing the following:
+
+    # cd /dev
+    # ls vcs/
+    1  2  3  4  5  6
+    # MAKEDEV tty7
+    # cat > tty7 &
+    [1]+  Stopped                 cat > tty7
+    # ls vcs/
+    1  2  3  4  5  6  7
+    # kill %1
+    # ls vcs/
+    1  2  3  4  5  6
+
 ## <a name="Known_problems_and_important_mis"> Known problems and important missing features </a>
 
 Squeezed at the end so nobody sees it ;)