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KernelTrap: GNU/Hurd: Support For Partitions Larger Than 2 GB

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 21, 2004

“The latest upload of the Debian hurd package features a patch
by Ognyan Kulev which has support for ext2 partitions larger than 2
GB on 32bit systems. Over the last years, this limit had become an
annoying issue of the GNU/Hurd system, so this change represents an
important milestone for the Debian GNU/Hurd port with respect to
user expectations. Although the patch has not yet been integrated
by the upstream GNU Hurd maintainers, the Debian package
maintainers consider it (after thorough testing) stable enough to
warrant its inclusion into the Debian hurd package…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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