I am putting together a four machine (Debian) GNU/Linux network in my HS classroom. It's substantially working, and, I might add, much to the credit of the Debian team and the excellent install setup. I am running 2.2, pretty much "out of the box."
Tonight I dialed in to my home machine, a Sid system. It was a piece of cake to enable dialing in using mgetty and a simple tweak to /etc/inittab. Deceptively easy I think. The first time around, it worked fine, and I logged in and out, no problem. A while later I decided to try to xmodem (or whatever) a file, when the system didn't cooperate: In typing in my login name, each character was echoed twice. Surely this is easy to fix? Can someone provide a clue? It is much easier to install a network now. I now fear to have to learn the nuts and bolts, in order to be able to administer the system(s). The system is being built on a grant, as a proof of concept effort. I hope to demonstrate as much scientific computer use as I can. So far, so good! The naysayers are many. Thanks everyone. Again. Alan Davis, Marianas High School and Northern Marianas College -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-670-235-6580 Alan E. Davis, PMB 30, Box 10006, Saipan, MP 96950-8906, CNMI I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free, so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved -- and I cannot resist forming one on every subject -- as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. -- Charles Darwin (1809-1882)