bash-3.1$ # this the OpenBSD laptop bash-3.1$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd0a 98.4M 34.0M 59.5M 36% / /dev/wd0g 1.0G 135M 844M 14% /home /dev/wd0e 343M 16.0K 326M 0% /tmp /dev/wd0d 3.8G 2.3G 1.4G 62% /usr /dev/wd0f 343M 14.2M 312M 4% /var /dev/sd0g 58.0G 25.4G 29.7G 46% /mnt bash-3.1$ I am going to backup to /dev/sd0g bash-3.1$ file /mnt/bsd/home_feb06.dump /mnt/bsd/home_feb06.dump: new-fs dump file (little endian), This dump Tue Feb 6 10:25:56 2007, Previous dump Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 1969, Volume 4, Level zero, type: tape header, Label none, Filesystem /home, Device /dev/wd0g, Host openbsd.colobsd.us, Flags 3