John R Pierce wrote: > # dump -0uv /dev/sda2 | ssh root at target -c "restore -rf - /mnt/var" > eeek. slight modification here... # dump -0uvf - /dev/sda2 | ssh root at target -c "restore -rf - /mnt/var" the -f - tells dump to write the dumpfile to stdout, much as the f - in the 'restore' command says to read the dump from stdin