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Re: Connecting up of a dumb terminal.



I can't explain you that in great details, since I did not do such a thing.
However, look at /etc/inittab. There is a commented (getty) line that should 
help you. i beleive it is quite easy.

> I have managed to get my Linux side up and running.  Boy is linux sure
> great!  I have an old 286 here that I would like to use as a dumb terminal.
> I know that I would have to connect the two computers up via a serial
> cable and run a terminal program on the other end.  I would like to connect
> it to my IBM on com2.  Please can you explain to me in great detail what it
> is that I must do to do this.  Many thanks!  BTW, please reply to
> phiali@bigfoot.com as I am not subscribed to the list.





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