diff -urN hal-0.4.2/hald/linux/block_class_device.c hal-0.4.2-ti/hald/linux/block_class_device.c
--- hal-0.4.2/hald/linux/block_class_device.c	2004-11-30 21:39:01.000000000 -0600
+++ hal-0.4.2-ti/hald/linux/block_class_device.c	2007-04-26 12:19:33.000000000 -0500
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@
 	int i;
 	char *p;
 	char *delim = " \t\n";
-	char buf[256];
+	char buf[8192];
 	char *bufp = buf;
 	struct stat stat_buf;
 	int major = 0;
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@
 read_etc_mtab (dbus_bool_t force)
 {
 	int fd;
-	char buf[256];
+	char buf[8192];
 	FILE *f;
 	struct stat stat_buf;
 
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@
 	}
 
 	while (!feof (f)) {
-		if (fgets (buf, 256, f) == NULL)
+		if (fgets (buf, 8192, f) == NULL)
 			break;
 		/*printf("got line: '%s'\n", buf); */
 		etc_mtab_process_line (buf);