> > What version of glibc? > > It's whatever Debian unstable is currently using: > > $ dpkg -l | grep libc > ii libc6 2.2.5-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone > ii libc6-dev 2.2.5-12 GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Hea > ... running the same library here, I can create 3GB files no problem. I'm on ext3, tho. do you have any other partitions with a different filesystem that you can try creating large files on? also, try running 'ulimit -a', and see what it says for 'file size'. Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com