Iain Hardcastle <ihardcas@super.zippo.com> wrote:
> VS3100, 16Mb RAM, Internal 1Gb, Internal TK50Z. External RZ28, External
> RZ58, external CDROM.

There is no such thing as an internal TK50Z. Maybe it's a TZ30?

> I have created a tape but the VAX wont boot from it. It just whirrs
> through the tape and then boots off the internal DK.

Make sure you tell it explicitly to boot from the tape drive, i.e., type
"B MKxyyy" (substituting in the correct controller letter and SCSI ID of
course) rather than just "B". There are also some bootflags needed, but I don't
remember them.

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
Phone: 440-449-0299
ARPA Internet SMTP mail: sokolov@alpha.ces.cwru.edu