diff -ur e2fsprogs-1.22/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c e2fsprogs-1.22-work/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c
--- e2fsprogs-1.22/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c	Sat Jun 23 00:25:59 2001
+++ e2fsprogs-1.22-work/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c	Sat Jun 30 20:59:08 2001
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(_IO) && !defined(BLKGETSIZE)
 #define BLKGETSIZE _IO(0x12,96)	/* return device size */
 #endif
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(_IO) && !defined(BLKGETSIZE64)
+#define BLKGETSIZE64 _IO(0x12,109)	/* return device size */
+#endif
 
 #include "ext2_fs.h"
 #include "ext2fs.h"
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@
 				 blk_t *retblocks)
 {
 	int	fd;
+#ifdef BLKGETSIZE64
+	unsigned long long	size64;
+#endif
 #ifdef BLKGETSIZE
 	unsigned long	size;
 #endif
@@ -76,6 +82,17 @@
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return errno;
 
+#ifdef BLKGETSIZE64
+	if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &size64) >= 0) {
+		close(fd);
+		size64 = size64 / (blocksize / 512);
+		*retblocks = size64;
+		if (*retblocks != size64) {
+			return EFBIG;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
 #ifdef BLKGETSIZE
 	if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE, &size) >= 0) {
 		close(fd);