Scott Silva wrote: > <snip> >>> More than likely it is a problem with the Linux reverse engineered >>> support for a Windows proprietary file system. Why back up to NTFS? >> >> Originally I was backing up across the LAN to the drive attached to my >> XP workstation. > That would isolate the error if it was caused by the NTFS driver. I > would use a linux supported filesystem unless you *need* to be able to > look at these dump files from a windows workstation. Could reformat the disk for ext2/3 & install ext2ifs on the windows box: http://www.fs-driver.org While I haven't much heavy use or testing, it's worked well for me. -- Toby Bluhm Alltech Medical Systems America, Inc.