[Simh] Trying to install openvms 7.3 over a Beta install of openvms k7.2

[James W. Laferriere]

 	Hello Jeremy ,

On Tue, 7 Aug 2018, Jeremy Begg wrote:
...snip...
>> 	I Very vaugely remember a document that came with the Field Test kit
>> that gave me a hint that it was possible to "Upgrade" from the K7.2 to the
>> production version of 7.2 after the field testing was completed .
>> 	And of course that document is either extrememly buried or gone .
>
> If I recall correctly, to do a VMS upgrade on VAX you put the VMS kit
> savesets somewhere easily found (e.g. top level directory of the VMS system
> disk) then run
>
>  $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL VMS073 DUA0:[000000]
>
> (assuming your kit savesets are VMS073.A, VMS073.B, etc and DUA0:[000000] is
> where you put them).
>
> It's possible to tell VMSINSTAL to pause the installation so that you can
> make changes to the kit:
>
>  $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL VMS073 DUA0:[000000] OPTIONS RSP=A
>
> This will tell VMSINSTAL to unpack the .A saveset and then it wait at a
> prompt.  Login from another terminal and edit the KITINSTAL.COM procedure
> which you will find in a newly-created subdirectory of SYS$UPDATE.
>
> Somewhere in KITINSTAL.COM it will define the VMS version it is willing to
> ugprade from.
>
> Regards,
> 	Jeremy Begg

 	Working on getting the savesets copied over ,  But dua0:[000000] (*) 
contains critical files I'd really rather not pollute with the savesets .
 	Would creating a subdirectory there work too ?  I do have another disk 
(well disk file in simh) available I could use if that could work ?

 		Tia ,  JimL

(*)
$ dir VAXX1$DUA0:[000000] /size/date

Directory VAXX1$DUA0:[000000]

000000.DIR;1               1  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
BACKUP.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
BADBLK.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
BADLOG.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
BITMAP.SYS;1             229  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
CONTIN.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
CORIMG.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
INDEXF.SYS;1           63981  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
SECURITY.SYS;1             1  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56
SYS0.DIR;1                 1  29-SEP-1998 10:28:01.01
SYSEXE.DIR;1               1  29-SEP-1998 10:28:27.45
TCPIP$FTP.DIR;1            1  22-JUL-2018 16:02:26.81
VMS$COMMON.DIR;1           3  29-SEP-1998 10:28:00.49
VOLSET.SYS;1               0  29-SEP-1998 10:27:56.56

Total of 14 files, 64218 blocks.

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