hi group,
       anyone got similar error before. i checked the /home/kuruvi2/cygnet 
partition it doesnt seem to contain that strange file that amanda reports to 
be in that partition. 

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  darter     /home/kuruvi2/cygnet lev 0 FAILED [input: can't open: ?`: No 
such file or directory]
  darter     /home/kuruvi2/cygnet lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]

        if i missed something or something to be checked? 

thanks,
vijay