diff --git a/src/client/sysint/sys-osd-io.sm b/src/client/sysint/sys-osd-io.sm
index 07c6ae3..94f059e 100644
--- a/src/client/sysint/sys-osd-io.sm
+++ b/src/client/sysint/sys-osd-io.sm
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static int osd_io_setup_msgpairs(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
     int i, ret = 0;
     struct osd_command *command;
 	struct bsg_iovec *iov;
+	int dfile_count = sm_p->u.io.datafile_count;
 
     /* clients offset and length pairs */
     PVFS_offset offseta[OSD_INIT_MAX_IOVEC];
@@ -192,24 +193,25 @@ static int osd_io_setup_msgpairs(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
     PVFS_offset target_offset[OSD_INIT_MAX_IOVEC];
     PVFS_size target_size[OSD_INIT_MAX_IOVEC];
 
-	/* total bytes to write across all io servers */
-    PVFS_size sbytemax = io->mem_req->aggregate_size;
+	/* total bytes to read/write from each io server */
+    PVFS_size sbytemax = io->mem_req->aggregate_size / dfile_count;
 	PVFS_size this_aggregate_size = 0;
 
 	/* structures to pass into req proc engine */
     PINT_Request_result sresult, cresult;
 
-
-
 	/* kernel SCSI layer can only handle so many pages at once */
     if (sbytemax > KERNEL_BUFSIZE) {
-		gossip_err("%s: Kernel SCSI buffer too small\n", __func__);
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
+		gossip_debug(GOSSIP_IO_DEBUG, "%s: SCSI buffer %lld cant handle %lld\n",
+					__func__, lld(KERNEL_BUFSIZE), lld(sbytemax));
+		//~ ret = -ENOMEM;
+		//~ goto out;
+		sbytemax = KERNEL_BUFSIZE / sm_p->u.io.datafile_count;
+
 	}
 
 	/* for each datafile/io server/osd write ALL of its data */
-    for (i = 0; i < sm_p->u.io.datafile_count; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < dfile_count; i++) {
         uint8_t *p;
         uint32_t len;
         PVFS_offset cur_offset;
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ static int osd_io_setup_msgpairs(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
 
 		datafile_handle = attr->u.meta.dfile_array[io->datafile_index_array[i]];
 
+
         if (PINT_REQUEST_DONE(&io->file_req_state[i]) || io->short_read[i]) {
 			gossip_debug(GOSSIP_IO_DEBUG, "%s: Nothing to do for server %d\n",
 						__func__, i);
@@ -362,14 +365,14 @@ static int osd_io_setup_msgpairs(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
 			/* Build the command for this server, using physical offset. */
 			if (io->io_type == PVFS_IO_READ) {
 				osd_command_set_read(command, PVFS_OSD_DATA_PID, datafile_handle,
-									 len, 0);
+									 len, cur_offset);
 				command->indata = p;
 				command->inlen_alloc = len;
 				command->iov_inlen = csegs_count;
 
 			} else if (io->io_type == PVFS_IO_WRITE) {
 				osd_command_set_write(command, PVFS_OSD_DATA_PID, datafile_handle,
-									  len, 0);
+									  len, cur_offset);
 				command->outdata = p;
 				command->outlen = len;
 				command->iov_outlen = csegs_count;
@@ -576,11 +579,12 @@ static int osd_io_setup_msgpairs(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
 
 
 
-	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_IO_DEBUG, "%s: Aggreagte Written: %lld\n", __func__,
+	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_IO_DEBUG, "%s: Aggreagte Transferred: %lld\n", __func__,
 				lld(this_aggregate_size));
 
-	if (this_aggregate_size != sbytemax) {
-		gossip_err("%s: Did not get correct amount of data\n", __func__);
+	if (this_aggregate_size != sbytemax * dfile_count) {
+		gossip_err("%s: Got %lld bytes data and wanted %lld bytes\n",
+					__func__, lld(this_aggregate_size), lld(sbytemax));
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -694,8 +698,6 @@ static int osd_io_maybe_xfer_more(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
     struct PINT_client_sm *sm_p = PINT_sm_frame(smcb, PINT_FRAME_CURRENT);
     struct PINT_client_io_sm *io = &sm_p->u.io;
     int i, more = 1;
-	/* only need to look at the first one */
-	//~ struct osd_command *command = &sm_p->msgarray[0].osd_command;
 
 	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_IO_DEBUG, "%s: total %lld want %lld.\n", __func__,
                 lld(io->total_size), lld(io->mem_req->aggregate_size));
@@ -733,7 +735,7 @@ static int osd_io_maybe_xfer_more(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
 	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_IO_DEBUG, "%s: End result is:  More %d\n", __func__,
                 more);
 
-    js_p->error_code = more ? LOOP_NEXT_CHUNK : 0;
+	js_p->error_code = more ? LOOP_NEXT_CHUNK : 0;
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -772,7 +774,6 @@ static int osd_io_analyze_results(struct PINT_smcb *smcb, job_status_s *js_p)
     if (ret)
         goto out;
     eor = filereq_ub_offset + sm_p->u.io.file_req_offset;
-
 #if 0
     /* Now we need to find out the maximum sizes of the bstreams.  This
      * will be used to see if there is more data in the global file than