info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (01/17/85)
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.