it works up to bs=1024 count=2097151, which is 2^31 - 1024, so it very much looks like a overrun of a signed 32bit integer ...
$ uname -a Linux silver 2.6.28-4-generic #5-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 26 22:48:51 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux -- swap-offset open(): Value too large for defined data type https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs