> 1. Networking. I followed all the instructions to a T. I got an error in
> my /etc/ifconfig.sn0 file, saying the host was invalid. So I changed that,
> and rebooted. This time I got the same error message: configuring network
> interfaces: snoinfconfig: babylon.clarityconnect.com: bad value.

Can we see the contents of /etc/ifconfig.sn0? Pretty please? :-)

If it references an entry in /etc/hosts (i.e., to ifconfig the card by
hostname rather than by IP number), that file would be helpful too.

> 2. Multi-user mode: I can't seem to create new users. I tried it the old
> fashioned way, editing the /etc/passwd file, but that doesn't seem to
> work. So downloaded an adduser script - but when I try to follow the
> instructions (adduser user real name email shell, if I remember correctly)
> I get an error message - command not found.  

In what directory did you place the adduser script? If it's not in your
PATH, you'll have to call the script with its full path -- or set the
PATH environment variable to include the directory containing the
script.

> 4. I installed the man pages, but when I try to access them, I get a pause
> and, 'Man page not found.' I'll try, man mail, for instance, or pages that
> I know should exist.

While you're diddling the PATH environment variable, also check the
value of MANPATH. (The method of setting environment variables depends
on your shell.)

- Amitai

-- 
There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe
that I was not He.
     -- Friedrich Nietzsche