> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Meaney
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:55 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [firebird-support] .FDB file size limit
>
>
>
> >> We recently tried to restore a Firebird 1.5 database on
> Windows 2000.
> >> We are using a pagesize of 8192 and a page count of 524288
> giving a
> >> filesize of
> >> 4,294,967,296 (4GB). We restored the file three times and each of
> >> the times we got gds consistency check error when we used
> the file.
> >> When
> >we changed
> >> the page count down to 524280, we are able to restore the file and
> >> use it without error.
> >>
> >> This has happened both at a client site and here on Windows XP.
> >>
> >> Any ideas why this may be happening?
> >>
> >
> >What file system are you using? Fat-32 or NTFS?
> >
> >Under Fat-32, you won't be able to do what you tried.
> >Under NTFS, it should work just fine. I have databases much larger
> >than that.
> >
> >
>
> NTFS

Running out of HD space? Are you sure you're using the right gbak and
client library? Are you totally sure the destination is on NTFS and not
FAT32?