Thanks for the quick responses! The solution to clearing the crash 
recovery is:	
                savecore -c
and the 
	> 	dump: Corrupted directory, i-node: 2
as Selden E Ball Jr put it... 		 
 >The problem in dump is an old, known bug due which often happens
 >when you try to dump a filesystem which contains more than 2GB.
 >You need to get a patched version of dump from DEC.
I'm off to patchland. Thanks once again!
Brian McMahon, CAD/CAM System Analyst    |      voice: (902)539-5300   
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Received on Sat Apr 29 1995 - 15:35:38 NZST