[Info-vax] Modern VMS (e.g. V8.4) tape installation?

[MG]

On 28-4-2012 19:55, Steven Schweda wrote:
>     So far as I know, VMS installation from tape never made it
> off VAX.

Thanks, that answers my question.


> With the easy availability of CD-ROM drives, why
> would anyone have put any engineering effort into booting an
> Alpha from tape?

Because I have several tape devices, many of which faster than
the CD/DVD drives.

  - MG