diff -rup reiserfsprogs-3.6.5.old/include/io.h reiserfsprogs-3.6.5/include/io.h
--- reiserfsprogs-3.6.5.old/include/io.h	2003-04-01 20:52:39.000000000 +0400
+++ reiserfsprogs-3.6.5/include/io.h	2003-04-01 21:00:59.000000000 +0400
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 struct buffer_head {
     unsigned long b_blocknr;
-    unsigned short b_dev;
+    int b_dev;
     unsigned long b_size;
     char * b_data;
     unsigned long b_state;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void __wait_on_buffer (struct buffer_hea
 struct buffer_head * getblk (int dev, unsigned long block, int size);
 struct buffer_head * reiserfs_getblk (int dev, unsigned long block, int size, int *repeat);
 
-struct buffer_head * find_buffer (unsigned short dev, unsigned long block, unsigned long size);
+struct buffer_head * find_buffer (int dev, unsigned long block, unsigned long size);
 struct buffer_head * get_hash_table(dev_t dev, unsigned long block, int size);
 struct buffer_head * bread (int dev, unsigned long block, size_t size);
 struct buffer_head * reiserfs_bread (int dev, unsigned long block, int size, int *repeat);
diff -rup reiserfsprogs-3.6.5.old/lib/io.c reiserfsprogs-3.6.5/lib/io.c
--- reiserfsprogs-3.6.5.old/lib/io.c	2003-04-01 20:52:36.000000000 +0400
+++ reiserfsprogs-3.6.5/lib/io.c	2003-04-01 21:03:08.000000000 +0400
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int buffer_writes = 0 ;
 
 
 
-static void _show_buffers(struct buffer_head **list, unsigned short dev, unsigned long size) {
+static void _show_buffers(struct buffer_head **list, int dev, unsigned long size) {
     int all = 0;
     int dirty = 0;
     int in_use = 0; /* count != 0 */
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void _show_buffers(struct buffer_
 	    break;
     }
 
-    printf ("show_buffers (dev %u, size %lu): free %d, count != 0 %d, dirty %d, all %d\n",
+    printf ("show_buffers (dev %d, size %lu): free %d, count != 0 %d, dirty %d, all %d\n",
 	dev, size, free, in_use, dirty, all);
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void insert_into_hash_queue (stru
 static void remove_from_hash_queue (struct buffer_head * bh)
 {
     if (bh->b_hash_next == 0 && bh->b_hash_prev == 0 && bh != g_a_hash_queues[bh->b_blocknr % NR_HASH_QUEUES])
-	/* (b_dev == 0) ? */
+	/* (b_dev == -1) ? */
 	return;
 
     if (bh == g_a_hash_queues[bh->b_blocknr % NR_HASH_QUEUES]) {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int grow_buffers (int size)
 	tmp->b_data = getmem (size);
 	if (tmp->b_data == 0)
 	    die ("grow_buffers: no memory for new buffer data");
-	tmp->b_dev = 0;
+	tmp->b_dev = -1;
 	tmp->b_size = size;
 	put_buffer_list_head (&g_free_buffers, tmp);
     }
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int grow_buffers (int size)
 }
 
 
-struct buffer_head * find_buffer (unsigned short dev, unsigned long block, unsigned long size)
+struct buffer_head * find_buffer (int dev, unsigned long block, unsigned long size)
 {		
     struct buffer_head * next;
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ restart:
 
 void flush_buffers (dev_t dev)
 {
-    if (!dev)
+    if (dev == -1)
 	die ("flush_buffers: device is not specifed");
     sync_buffers (&Buffer_list_head, dev, 0/*all*/);
     buffer_soft_limit = BUFFER_SOFT_LIMIT;