>> c) You are backing up to a loose file on /drive0 and then later making a copy of THAT onto the PC somewhere?

> Yes. I choose drive0 since it should have enough space to hold a 32mb file. To restore, the user would have to put that file back on the empeg somehow.

Why don't you just use hijack and ftp down /dev/hdaX directly ?

I have a nightly backup of my dynamic data partition for the last half year;
And I hope one day I can use this to create listening stats....