## <a name="Ext2_File_system_limitation"> Ext2 File system limitation </a>

This is a very common question. Many people have problems with the partition limit on Ext2 filesystems being very small by current standards. It feels smaller all the time as people have larger disks and often larger filesystems. It's worth mentioning that 64-bit machines (ia64, alpha) will not have this limitation.

* From the Hurd FAQ: [partition limit](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.en.html#q2-6)

**_Patch:_**

There is [an alpha-quality patch](http://debian.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~ogi/hurd/ext3fs/), available for testing.

**_Useful:_**

Discussions on status and how to fix the problem:

* [Febuary 2003](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2003/debian-hurd-200302/msg00016.html)
* [December 2002](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2002-12/msg00041.html)
* [March 2002 status](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/hurd-devel/2002-03/msg00030.html) and a [follow up](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/hurd-devel/2002-03/msg00035.html)
* [Nov 2001 status](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/hurd-devel/2001-11/msg00002.html)

**_Maybe Useful:_**

* <http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernel-doc/1999-03/msg00001.html>
* <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2000-March/008708.html>