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From: arc@thyme.wpd.sgi.com (Andrew Cherenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: SGI "XDR opaque" errors?
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Date: 26 Jul 90 18:46:01 GMT
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In article <82725@srcsip.UUCP> scott@harvey.src.honeywell.com (Rich Scott) writes:
>I've recently installed Sun's PC-NFS version 3.01 on a number of PC's
>which are connected to a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris masquerading
>as a CDC Cyber 910.  Cabling seems fine, everybody can ping one
>another.  The PC's can attach, mount drives, and print files to the
>Iris ok, but when we attempt to transfer files we receive error
>messages on the console.  The error messages mention something about
>XDR opaque errors.  The files are also slightly corrupted.
>
>Any ideas?  Is SGI's implementation of NFS not compatible with Sun's
>PC-NFS?  Are there any recent updates to SGI's NFS software?

I hear it's fixed in IRIX 3.2.3.