Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes: On Tue, 10 Jun 2014, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: Has the startup actually completed? The STARTUP process must complete and exit before the DECWindows server can take control. It gave the normal disk usage and time prompt, so I believe so. ...How the hell do I send VMSBACKUP files via ftp? ASCII and BINARY both corrupt it. what was the blocking on the backup? FTP it binary and then use SET FILE /ATTRIBUTES to correct the VMS file attributes. OR... $ ZIP "-V" on VMS and send the ZIP file. The "-V" (UPPERCASE V so it must be quoted) will preserve the VMS file attributes. Don't feel bad, I've been dealing with this for 20 years when trying to get VMS crash dump files from customers sent to me in tact via the internet. ;) -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.