< Here's my question: I have a VAXstation 3100, and i'm interested in <upgrading VMS. Currently it runs VMS 5.4. Since the VAX doesn't have <a cdrom, and i'm assuming the cost of a DEC CDROM is outrageous (i'm <15, give me a break.), I was wondering if there is a way to install It does not have to be DEC. IT does have to be SCSI and capable of 512byte blocks. I have an old Toshiba 2x scsi that works ok for this. <from a network CDROM drive. Could I setup my Linux box to share it's <CDROM via NFS? Or is there perhaps any software that would allow this? <Or am I insane? The questions.. Your not insane but, I think the tools to get from Linux NFS(TCPIP) to VMS (VMS networks with DECNET unless you have UCX or CMUIP) files-11 are not there. The real question is why? VMS 5.4 is fine for a standalone system and likely kermit is on the machine and if you real lucky CMUIP, that enough to communicate with the net or other machines. Allison