Well crap... is it still true that firebird won't work on a network
share (mapped drive)? Because the db is actually being created on a
share, and the message I'm getting now is:

A first chance exception of type
'FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FbException' occurred in
FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.dll
Unable to complete network request to host "xxxxxx".
Failed to establish a connection.

Exception of type 'FirebirdSql.Data.Common.IscException' was thrown.