[Info-vax] image backup on itanium

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <mi3nkl$apl$1 at pcls7.std.com>, moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com
(Michael Moroney) writes: 

> >Backup/image is what I always use on all three platforms. I was 
> >surprised that Phillip suggested to use copy.
> 
> VMS comes out of the build process as a BACKUP/IMAGE saveset file.
> $ BACKUP/IMAGE file.bck/SAVE DISK: and boot from that disk and install
> VMS to its final destination from there, or use it to burn a CD (a few 
> steps) or infoserver disk.

Yes, possible, but note that the hobbyist programme distributes a .ISO.
By the way, COPY with this file was quite fast.