CREATEDB failure

Hello, I am trying to create a database on FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE,
This is inside a jail. I had it working in 5.1 and now am having a
problem. The error is as follows

cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16386: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16388: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16404: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16414: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16654: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16663: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16657: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16669: Invalid argument
cp: /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/16678: Invalid argument
ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory

I have noted some discusion recently about cp -r vs cp -R but am not
sure this is the problem. cp -r does not exist on FreeBSD but may just
be confusing my problem.

If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it.

postgres 7.3.5 is the version I am trying to run. initdb works and I
can connect to template1. creating tables in the template1 database
works as does adding user.

Thank you,
Paul
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