avk@hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu (Tony Konashenok) writes:
> As to VMS, it is possible. VMS has a Standalone Backup utility which
> can be booted from tape or floppies, and, among other features, is
> capable of making an image of a physical disk (with a /PHYSICAL

I think that /PHYSICAL requires the same device type for the backup and the
restore.  /IMAGE is the other option.

> qualifier). Of course, to restore it, you also need a copy of this
> utility, or another decoder of its format (there is one at DECUS,
> but I don't know if it can cope with the /PHYSICAL format).

Of course, this depends on some kind soul placing the /SAVE_SET on an FTP site.

-mike