[Info-vax] MicroVAX/VMS newbie, couple of questions

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In article <4ac2674a$0$6297$9b536df3 at news.fv.fi>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kari_Uusim=E4ki?= <uusimaki at exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org> writes:
>Tone007 wrote:
>> Well, it looks like my luck is holding out, my blank tape came and
>> loads and unloads just fine in the drive, and shows up in the boot
>> menu.  No more blinking lights, hooray.
>> 
>> While the network install sounds doable, I think I'd like to give
>> installing from tape a shot, just something about making the big
>> machine do it on its own sounds like fun to me.
>> 
>> What are my chances of finding 7.3 on a TK70 tape?
>
>One suggestion I told another hobbyist.
>
>You could try to find a BA353 (storage box with three slots which looks 
>like a pizza box) with a CD-ROM and then a HSD05 (DSSI-to-SCSI 
>controller) on Ebay. That should cost you maybe less that $50. Then hook 
>the the HSD05 to your MicroVAX 3400 DSSI bus. Do some configuration on 
>the MV 3400 and voila, you are ready to install VMS V7.3 from a CD.
>
>I can help you with the setup.

I think he missed the point of my post.  I will put the V7.3 savesets
on a TK50.  He need only ask and, of course, tell me where to send it.

Restore saveset .B to the system disk and then boot from the disk.  It
might be sage to execute STABACKIT to create a standalone backup on the
system disk and then boot from it.  I hated STABACKIT boot from tape.
 
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