How do VMS Condists work?

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Wed May 29 10:42:36 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Lafleur [mailto:bob_lafleur_at_technologist.com]

> I know how to boot a CD-ROM in a VAX. I've got the VMS 7.2
> hobbyist, VMS
> 7.2 regular distrib, and VMS 7.3 regular distrib, and when I boot them
> all, I just go into standalone backup. I thought maybe there was some
> "trick" I didn't know about to boot into a regular VMS system.

The 7.2 discs also kick me into standalone backup -- not that I
have a problem with that, of course. I'm pretty sure it's not
"normal" VMS, though, since, IIRC, the only command I could get
to work is BACKUP. (Characteristic of standalone backup, of course)

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
 
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