Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: VMS upgrades Message-ID: <2482@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 15:41:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.2482 Posted: Thu Oct 11 15:41:27 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 02:41:26 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 12 From: Les_Hewitt__ICI_Mond_Division_%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA My VAX guru seemed surprised that anyone would copy the floppies to magtape. He uses VMSINSTAL with floppies as the source device, and it takes about 5 to 10 mins per floppy to read. Does anyone know of a good reason to copy the update floppies to magtape first?? Les