Stefan, Yes, will strip more stuff out (didn't realize it had grown so much.
The instruction I was following from Gene where pretty explicite (not that I follow all that well) and where intended to save the amanda header, reset the block count, restore the header and flush the buffers. Unfortunately I failed to retrieve the headers and the command was simple enough that I'm baffled at having incorrectly coded it, "invalid argument", must be me. I'll try again. > Do your AMANDA-binaries point to the proper xfs-tools? Is the proper > xfsdump used? Truth be told, I'd have expected dump and restore to be in the same directory as one another, but this matches the config on other, working Irix amanda systems. samar 126# which xfsrestore /sbin/xfsrestore samar 127# which xfsdump /usr/sbin/xfsdump Yes, I can try a different config on the system, or for that matter just save/edit the disklist and amanda.conf, its not like I am likely to lose a working config. thanks, Brian --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773