Subject: Re: Distribution?
To: None <avk@hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu>
From: None <CRITCHSS@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/28/1995 07:48:00
> From:	IN%"avk@hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu" 27-FEB-1995 21:49:55.02
> Subj:	RE: Distribution?

> There is no such thing as TK58. Do you mean TK50 or TU58? These two
> are quite different beasts. The former holds 95MB, the latter 240KB
> (no, this isn't a typo, it's kilobytes).

Thanks for the info, I have a tu58.

> 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
> 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).

I know little of that part of VMS, I do have Stand Alone Backup for VMS
though. But the files /boot /copy /format were on a marked 4.3vaxbsd tape.