Erno Palonheimo drunkenly mumbled... > > You took the wrong tape. The VMS Stand-alone Backup utility is on the > tape 2/2 - you boot from that, type the BACKUP command, change 1/2 > into the tape drive and press enter. no, definitely tape 1/2, thanks for the advice though, maybe you know me? i do that sort of stuff all the time. :) -brian