Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: VMS 4.0 Mandatory update. Message-ID: <4227@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 18:08:04 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.4227 Posted: Wed Jan 16 18:08:04 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 13:22:44 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 15 From: engvax!KVC@cit-vax That's why I always use "*" when VMSINSTAL asks for the product. Then it'll install whatever it finds on the media to install. I suppose this can get you into trouble if you aren't careful what you put into the floppy drive, but at least I don't have to wait for the damn slow floppy drive to fail to find a product name I or DEC mis-typed. /Kevin Carosso engvax!kvc @ CIT-VAX.ARPA Hughes Aircraft Co. ps. By the way, has anyone else had any luck getting their layered product distributions on magtape? It's supposedly possible, but so far I haven't seen anything on magtape that used to come on floppy.