Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes: Okay so! I've grabbed several tapes from ftp.trailing-edge.com, and I've = attempted to restore the backup sets from them. However I go to boot = them, and they don't boot. And considering the documentation says I = need to use several tapes=85 ;) Which tape images do I use and do I restore the images in a different = way than I do for VMS 7.3? Are you upgrading or is this a clean install? If the later, restore the .B saveset image to the system disk and then boot. You should be prompted with subsequnet install instructions. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.