<I just got mail from a friend in Virginia who is saving a MicroVAX 3100-90 <for me that they are pitching out where he works (and he'll *deliver*, too! Thats a nice VAX!. I forget the URL of where to find vax performance numbers. <an external tape that, from his descriptions, I'm assuming is a TLZ30 or <similar. One minor catch - they filled the disk and it won't boot. I tak Never hard of that problem. I suspect soemthing else has happend. <it I can conversational-boot it and use the console as the startup file to <wrest control from the system in the earliest stages, then, at least, purg Likely you can assuming the disk is even there at all. If all else fails drop in a 200-400mb scsi drive and install VMS 7.2 (hobby license) and go on that. Once up you can mount the offending drive and see. <Did I miss anything? Is there a publish procedure for recovering from tota <full disks, or will I have to go back to the manuals and remember how to d Never seen that failure. Allison