Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Path: utzoo!utgpu!topix
From: topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe)
Subject: Re: Pilots - help ! problems with dog,shadow on 3130
Message-ID: <1990Dec31.051400.4340@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Keywords: flight simulator,iris
Organization: UTCS Public Access
References: <1214@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 90 05:14:00 GMT

In article <1214@shakti.ncst.ernet.in> dhekne@ncst.ernet.in (Dhekne c/o NCST) writes:
>
>
>Hey, there !
>	We have iris-3130s connected by ethernet. Telnet, ftp
>are working properly, without any problem. 
>	I am able to run dog,shadow and flight on a single system 
>with -i and -o option.
>	But I am unable to run 'dog' and 'shadow' over the network.
>As soon as I run them, they come out with the error message
>'Ethernet Initialisation failed'. 
>
>	Are there any settings for the ethernet that I have missed ?
>
>	Thanks !!


A 3000 series machine can be booted with one of 3 kernels - tcp, nfs, or xns.
It sounds like you are running nfs.  Your machine will have to be re-booted
using the 3000.xns kernel, which will allow you to dogfight but will render
the machine worthless on nfs (it's a trade-off).  If you are really desperate
to dogfight, you boot up the xns kernel, do your dogging, then switch back 
and reboot with the nfs kernel.  If you can't figure out 
how to reboot different kernels, e-mail me and I'll fill you in.  
Suggestion:  buy 4D's.  This problem doesn't
exist on 4D platforms.  After all, dogging is the most important things
these machines do :-)

Bob Munroe
topix@utcs.utoronto.ca


