> Is the problem 
> likely to be associated with the 512 Mb Filecore limit? (I couldn't quite see 
> this myself) - I've got RiscOS about up to the limit, with the RiscBSD
> partition on the end.

I think unixfs can only access riscbsd partitions that are below the
filecore limit - it uses filecore. (Usual scenario: make sure the
smaller / partition is below the 512Mb limit, copy things into
/var/tmp, then move to the bigger /usr partition or whatever from
within bsd)

Patrick