I think I understand, now, in the following:
Code:
 dd if=/dev/hda1 | gzip -c > /mnt/extdisk/image.gz
dd is taking all files and folders of hda1, passing them, through stdout, into gzip, as stdin, and then creating the file image.gz in the device/folder /mnt/extdisk - which is mounted to fileserver:/images -=- cool...

Just to think of the "stupid" things that could go wrong -=- hda1 is mounted, and to the mount point of /dev -=- right?

Sorry, thats all I can come up with, not worked with nic's for a while, and then, it was on Windows systems ( Win98 and NT ) -=- so, I'm not much help other than the above...

But, thanks for the understanding, and explanation, I appreciate it
Ms. Cuddles