>         Warning  crypt(3) not present in the system
> Does this only mean I haven't installed the security archive

Yes.

> After a 'cu -l /dev/tty00 -s 19200'
> I get a connected message, only when I try to type in anything I get...
> 'cu: write: Input/Output error'
> 'Disconnect'

Erf...  I don't see that with my current kernel, but I'm connecting
directly to another system (Q700).

> oh, how much disk pace does the X distribution take up?

/usr/X11R6 seems to take up about 28MB on my disk...

-allen

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