While I'm new at the SGI game, it seems to me that I should get more than 408Mb on an 8mm tape with bru. What am I missing ? bru -cvR -b 128K -s 32678M /usra /usrb /usrc /usrd /usre /usrf > 01.04.91 & SYSLOG reports errors on the tape (I think the drive needs to be cleaned). Berkley Shands