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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> I uncommented the line in /hosts/inittab (s1) and 
> changed speed from 19200 to 115200, then rebooted.  

Setting the line speed to max is a bad idea at this stage.
Once you get the connection working, you can up the speed
and see if it will work reliably at 115200.

> I am trying first to get this working with two linux 
> computers.

Why?  It is simpler to use the DOS box as the dumb terminal.

> I have no idea what to do next for the dumb terminal 
> method.  

Plug one end of your nullmodem cable into the Linux box
(at the port specified in /etc/inittab) and the other
end into the DOS box (at the port specified in the config
file of your DOS com program).

Configure your DOS com program for non-dialing connection
and vt100 (or similar).  Start the com program, press ENTER
and you should get the login from the Linux box.

> I don't have any terminal program other than kermit.  

As I said before, I use commo and it works well.  Other
DOS com programs will work (although some will be better
suited for this purpose than others).  I am unfamiliar
with kermit, so I can't say whether it is a good choice.
But commo works, it is relatively small and it is readily
available for download.

> So I copied in.telnet.d to /usr/sbin, 

No, no, no.  telnet has nothing to do with this. 

> on both computers.

Even if you were using telnet, you put the server
(telnetd) on one computer only.  The other system
then runs the telent client (already in BasicLinux).

> I typed in.telnetd -debug on the first computer 
> I typed telnet 192.168.1.1 (or clark) on the second computer
> I logged in as user (no password required).
> I could use sc and lynx.  
> I could not use pico and save the file.

Probably a permission or alias problem.
 
> I need to create some file somewhere so I can login 
> as root, I presume.

Probably /etc/securetty.  Or maybe /etc/login.access.

> And maybe also give user permission to save files.
> 
> Then I dialed and telnetted here with clark and now I 
> cannot telnet here from the other computer any more.  

Are you sure the telnet server is still running?
--
ps
--
When you use the -debug method, it accepts one connection
and then terminates.

> I have not tried file transfer yet.  

For transfering files you need a different server (eg ftpd).
Or you could use BL send/receive.

Cheers,
Steven

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