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Re: VMS upgrade path question

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From: gpwrmdh
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1991 01:37
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In article <1991Jun14.112726.76@%boot.decnet@edwards-tems.af.mil>, martin%boot.decnet@edwards-tems.af.mil writes:
>
> If I remember correctly, there is no full VMS tape between 4.6 (maybe 4.7) and
> 5.2.  So you can do a fresh install with only a 5.2 tape, but not with only 5.0
> or 5.1.  To get to 5.1, you must install 4.6 (or maybe 4.7), and then do the
> upgrades up through each rev to 5.1.
> 

No, you don't remember correcly. V5.0 was a full VMS tape - "point nought" 
releases always will be. During V4.x, the "point even number" (i.e, 4.0, 
4.2, 4.4, 4.6) were full VMS tapes. V4.7 definitely was not. The strategy 
has changed for V5.x, with generally only the "dash releases" not being 
full releases - I think V5.1 may be an exception to this. Certainly V5.0, 
5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 have been full releases.

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Subject: Re: VMS upgrade path question
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