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

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“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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