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

* From the Hurd FAQ: [partition limit](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.en.html#q2-6)
* [March 2002 status](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/hurd-devel/2002q1/000223.html) and a [follow up](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/hurd-devel/2002q1/000221.html)
* [Nov 2001 status](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/hurd-devel/2001q4/000135.html)

-- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 20 Oct 2002