Berkley DB error while trying to create a new repository

Hello,
    I have just installed subversion 1.0.1 rpm on redhat 9 running
kernel : kernel-2.4.20-20.9. I am trying to create a new repository in
the directory I have chosen to store my svn repositories, /var/subversion :
drwxr-xr-x 3 svnowner svnowner 4.0K Mar 24 08:26 subversion
.....
However when I attempt to create a new repository I get the following
error ( as root ):
#: /usr/bin/svnadmin create /var/subversion/test
svn: Berkeley DB error while creating environment for filesystem
/var/subversion/test/db:
Invalid argument
....
and here is the files that it did create:
 /var/subversion/test)>ls
total 36K
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Mar 24 09:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 svnowner svnowner 4.0K Mar 24 09:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 24 09:13 conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 24 09:13 dav
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 24 09:13 db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 Mar 24 09:13 format
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 24 09:13 hooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 24 09:13 locks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 376 Mar 24 09:13 README.txt

Here are the rpms that I have installed related to subversion:
apr-0.9.5-0.2
apr-util-0.9.5-0.2
neon-0.24.4-1
neon-devel-0.24.4-1
db42-4.2.52-0.1
db42-utils-4.2.52-0.1
db42-devel-4.2.52-0.1
subversion-1.0.1-1

All feedback is welcome,
Thanks in advance.

-- 
Justin Rush
Technical Specialist
Internet Scout Project
jrush@scout.wisc.edu
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