I have additional information: - The problem exists in 2.6.10 too. (BTW. should I report it there too?) - The problem exists on ext3 filesystems too. - The problem does not exist in 2.4.27. Regards, Ingo -- Ingo Strüwing, Senior Software Developer MySQL AB, www.mysql.com Office: +49 30 43672407 Are you MySQL certified? www.mysql.com/certification