No, Erno is right. You WANT 2/2 to try to install VMS. (Its weird, I know 
but true!) Boot tape 2/2 and it will bring up standalone backup, then use 
the BACKUP command to restore VMS055.B to the disk of your choice.

--Chuck

At 11:00 PM 1/23/01 -0500, Brian Hechinger wrote:
>Erno Palonheimo drunkenly mumbled...
> >
> > You took the wrong tape.  The VMS Stand-alone Backup utility is on the
> > tape 2/2 - you boot from that, type the BACKUP command, change 1/2
> > into the tape drive and press enter.
>
>no, definitely tape 1/2, thanks for the advice though, maybe you know me? i do
>that sort of stuff all the time. :)
>
>
>-brian