Final score Chuck 2, TK50 0 (was Re: Booting VMS 5.5 from tape?)

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Tue May 16 17:20:38 2000

So here is a summary for the archives and whomever else might follow such
things :-)

I actually have two tape sets, one is a four cartridge set with the
following tapes in it:
  1 AQ-JP22H-BE
        VMS V5.5 BIN TK50 1/2
        Copyright 1991 Digital Equipment Corp

  2 AQ-LC99D-BE
        VMS V5.5 BIN TK50 2/2
        Copyright 1991 Digital Equipment Corp

  3 AQ-NH24D-BE
        VMS V5.5 BIN TK50 MUP
        MANDATORY UPDATE
        Copyright 1991 Digital Equipment Corp

  4 AQ-PQWLO-BE
        VMS V5.5-2 BIN TK50 1/1
        Copyright 1992 Digital Equipment Corp

The second has only two tapes in it:
  1 AQ-PRAKO-O1
        VMS V5.5-2 REMASTERED TK50
        1/2 = VMS ONLY
        Copyright 1992 Digital Equipment Corp

  2 AQ-PRALO-O1
        VMS V5.5-2 REMASTERED TK50
        2/2 = S/A BAKUP & DECWINDOWS
        Copyright 1991 Digital Equipment Corp

The good news is that I've successfully installed VMS 5.5-2 with both sets
of tapes. For those of you who have either of these tapes ...

Boot the tape marked 2/2 and it will boot into standalone backup. Then for
the 5.5 tapes type:
BACKUP/VERIFY MUA0:VMS055.B/SAVE_SET DUA0:

for the 5.5-2 tape type:
BACKUP/VERIFY MUA0:VMS2055.B/SAVE_SET DUA0:

Then reboot after it installs and follow the prompts.
--Chuck
Received on Tue May 16 2000 - 17:20:38 BST