VMS/RSX tape backup problem

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "joe" == joe heck <trash3 at splab.cas.neu.edu> writes:

 joe> The problem with the BCK files is that they come in as 2064 byte
 joe> blocks from the tape and VMS gets really upset when I try to
 joe> write them to the disk.  Haven't figured out how to deblock them
 joe> enough to get them on to the system.

Strange.  You shouldn't need to.  If you tell RMS that you want fixed
length records, length 2064, "spanned", it should accept what you have
just fine.  Or convert them to TAP format before writing them to
disk...

	paul