[Info-vax] installing vms 7.3

[johnwelsh at optusnet.com.au]

> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> You need to issue a backup command to load a minimal VMS (the "A"
> saveset) onto the disk, after which you boot from the disk and it
> completes the installation.
> 
> BACKUP/IMAGE/NOALIAS device:VAXVMS073.A/save  disk:/INIT
> 
> once this is done, you boot from the disk, and follow the prompts.

Hi guys,

The correct command is for example: ( from the CD to the hard drive )
( Its the B saveset that needs to restored first )


$ BACKUP/IMAGE $1$DKA500:[000000]VMS073.B/SAV  $1$DKA0:

Then boot DKA0 and specify DKA500:  as the source for the rest of the install.

Regards,
John Welsh.
Sydney, Australia.
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