>So then, without having to extract the entire archive without amrestore, >how can I get the / partition from the tape as /boot is found first, matches >the diskname (at least in terms of regular expressions), extracts and stops?
Ooooh, you're so very close. The disk name is also a regular expression. When you just enter "/" it matches anything with a "/" in it. You want to do this: amrestore -p /dev/nst0 host '^/$' >Warren John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
