Thank you Roger! I think that perhaps the reason that my first try at this didn't work is that I may have had it in rw mode instead of rwm mode...

I'm about to start this whole thing again. I've wiped my 60 completely (with the test builder image to be sure), reinstalled 2.0b7, and am starting drive0 with the following commands on the destination:

empeg:/empeg/bin# cd /
empeg:/# cd drive0
empeg:/drive0# rwm
empeg:/drive0# nc -l -p 2999 | tar xvf -

I then run the following on my source:

empeg:/drive0# tar cvf - fids foo | nc 10.251.6.25 2999
fids/
fids/6f1
fids/33d0
fids/bea1
fids/64c1
fids/33d1

You can see that the process begins properly...

When it's done, I'll do the same for drive1.

Then I delete the tags, database, and playlist files in /empeg/var, then reboot.

Exactly as you describe...

Wish me luck!

- Thanx
- Jon