Index: dashboard-transport-mode.scm.template
==================================================================
--- dashboard-transport-mode.scm.template
+++ dashboard-transport-mode.scm.template
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@
 ;;
 ;; NOTE: NOT ALL COMBINATIONS WORK
 ;;
 ;;======================================================================
 
-(dbfile:sync-method 'none)
-(dbfile:cache-method 'none)
-(rmt:transport-mode 'nfs)
+;; uncomment this block to test without tcp or inmem
+;; (dbfile:sync-method 'none)
+;; (dbfile:cache-method 'none)
+;; (rmt:transport-mode 'nfs)
+
+;; uncomment this block to test with tcp and inmem
+(dbfile:sync-method 'attach)
+(dbfile:cache-method 'inmem)
+(rmt:transport-mode 'tcp)
+
 

Index: dbmod.scm
==================================================================
--- dbmod.scm
+++ dbmod.scm
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@
     (case (dbfile:cache-method)
       ((none tmp) #t)
       ((inmem)
        (case (dbfile:sync-method)
 	 ((original) #t)
-	 ((attach)   #f)
+	 ((attach)   #t) ;; we need it to force creation of the on-disk file - FIXME
 	 (else
 	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Unknown dbfile:sync-method setting: "
 		       (dbfile:sync-method)))))
       (else
        (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Unknown dbfile:cache-method setting: "

Index: transport-mode.scm.template
==================================================================
--- transport-mode.scm.template
+++ transport-mode.scm.template
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 ;; NOTE: NOT ALL COMBINATIONS WORK
 ;;
 ;;======================================================================
 
 ;; uncomment this block to test without tcp or inmem
-(dbfile:sync-method 'none)
-(dbfile:cache-method 'none)
-(rmt:transport-mode 'nfs)
+;; (dbfile:sync-method 'none)
+;; (dbfile:cache-method 'none)
+;; (rmt:transport-mode 'nfs)
 
 ;; uncomment this block to test with tcp and inmem
-(dbfile:sync-method 'none)
-(dbfile:cache-method 'none)
-(rmt:transport-mode 'nfs)
+(dbfile:sync-method 'attach)
+(dbfile:cache-method 'inmem)
+(rmt:transport-mode 'tcp)