diff --git a/handbook/hw.sgml b/handbook/hw.sgml
index bbadc0d51a..dc368da47f 100644
--- a/handbook/hw.sgml
+++ b/handbook/hw.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.66 1997-03-21 17:02:44 wosch Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.67 1997-10-03 15:40:03 obrien Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <!--
@@ -1166,8 +1166,13 @@ that are available from <tt>cpio(1)</tt>, but <tt>tar(1)</tt>
 does not require the unusual command pipeline that
 <tt>cpio(1)</tt> uses.  
 
-	<p><tt>tar(1)</tt> does not support backups across the
-network.  You can use a pipeline and <tt>rsh(1)</tt> to send the
+	<p>Most versions of <tt>tar(1)</tt> do not support backups across the
+network.  The GNU version of <tt>tar(1)</tt>, which FreeBSD utilizes, supports
+remote devices using the same syntax as <tt>rdump</tt>.  To <tt>tar(1)</tt>
+to an Exabyte tape drive connected to a Sun called komodo, use:
+<tt>/usr/bin/tar cf komodo:/dev/nrst8 . 2>&amp;1</tt>.
+For versions without remote device support, you can use a pipeline
+and <tt>rsh(1)</tt> to send the
 data to a remote tape drive. (XXX add an example command)
 
      <sect3><heading> Cpio</heading>