OK, I never managed to get the data back from the tar file so I would assume it was corrupted during creation. However all of the data has been recovered from several hours of detective work on my part going through everyone's computer and copying their data back to the new server. A few older file were lost, however I have a tape from a couple of weeks ago with those older files already on. I have spent the last hour saying 'I told you so' to the colleague that thought RAID was a waste of time and he has now supplied me with lots of beer to leave him alone. :D And I set up the server with RAID and made a tape backup which I will be taking home and putting somewhere safe. so it all ended up OK :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org