info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (06/11/85)
From: *Hobbit* <AWalker@RUTGERS.ARPA> I've always used plain ole BACKUP/... without /image. This does things alphabetically and although might be a little slower, is much more useful if you have since rebuilt your system disk and need an old file. /image will get confused if your disk is now different, and /select, as you found, loses. DEC always uses /image in their tape distributions for things like VMS, because they assume that the installers will be writing it to a virgin structure. The first thing you should do, of course, is write a new tape of that distribution your own way so you can recover pieces of anything you lose less painfully. Beware of FE's creating disk-based standalone backup kits, also. Then tend to run these evil procedures in sys$update that make liberal use of SET FILE/ENTER, which can really screw you. _H* -------
info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (06/12/85)
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