Sorry for replying to my own question, but here's how i did it (for
one connection only):

Remove from /dev ttyp0
then enter the following commands:

mknod ptyp0 c 4 128
chown root ptyp0
chmod 666 ptyp0

mknod ttyp0 c 4 192
chown root ttyp0
chmod 666 ttyp0

This should be it..

Edgar.




--- In smalllinux@yahoogroups.com, "Edgar" <edbruijn2000@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to setup a telnet connection (with putty) from a windows
> machine to the small linux box. I installed the tcp/ip stuff from a
> 3.3 slackware distribution. I keep getting an error message that says
> "all network ports in use". In the message history i found some
> questions about ptys and a broken link. it seems i need to load the
> devpts.o module to get it working. Any ideas how to get this done?
>
> Thanks,
> Edgar.