[Info-vax] how to extract and install content from vms073lp.zip

[Steven Schweda]

>    You did _what_, exactly, and _what_, exactly, happened?
> Showing actual commands with their actual output can be more
> helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations.

   Still a mystery.

> It contains the following files from the HP hobby ftp site:

   What is this "it"?  The site?

> The corruption I got when unzip wiht "-X" gone without
> reason, [...]

   What corruption?  Why are you using "-X" with UnZip?

> This kit specifically contains a zip of a BACKUP/IMAGE of
> the installation CD-ROM medium.  [...]

   That would make some sense for the VMS installation disc.
The benefit for the layered products collection is less
obvious.

> [...] To (correctly) decompress, use a version of unzip
> that preserves the OpenVMS file attributes, [...]

   In other words, use UnZip _on_ a VMS system.

> %BACKUP-E-OPENOUT, error opening
> DUA2:[LP.PATHWORKS_60D.KIT]PWRKV60D060.E;1 as output
> -RMS-F-FUL, device full (insufficient space for allocation)
>
> It looks strange to me as my host system has quite a lots of
> space: [...]

   The error message didn't say that there was no space on
your GNU/Linux file system, it said that there was no space
on DUA2 on the emulated VAX system.