diff --git a/bochs/bochs.h b/bochs/bochs.h
index e423008ab..39d99912c 100644
--- a/bochs/bochs.h
+++ b/bochs/bochs.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// $Id: bochs.h,v 1.66 2002-06-26 14:42:34 cbothamy Exp $
+// $Id: bochs.h,v 1.67 2002-06-26 16:45:27 cbothamy Exp $
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 //  Copyright (C) 2002  MandrakeSoft S.A.
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #else
 #  ifndef WIN32
 #    include <sys/time.h>
+#    include <sys/mount.h>
 #  endif
 #  include <sys/types.h>
 #  include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/bochs/iodev/harddrv.cc b/bochs/iodev/harddrv.cc
index 9807d63fa..4d6bacde5 100644
--- a/bochs/iodev/harddrv.cc
+++ b/bochs/iodev/harddrv.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// $Id: harddrv.cc,v 1.56 2002-05-04 16:00:40 cbothamy Exp $
+// $Id: harddrv.cc,v 1.57 2002-06-26 16:45:27 cbothamy Exp $
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 //  Copyright (C) 2002  MandrakeSoft S.A.
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ bx_hard_drive_c::~bx_hard_drive_c(void)
 bx_hard_drive_c::init(bx_devices_c *d, bx_cmos_c *cmos)
 {
   BX_HD_THIS devices = d;
-	BX_DEBUG(("Init $Id: harddrv.cc,v 1.56 2002-05-04 16:00:40 cbothamy Exp $"));
+	BX_DEBUG(("Init $Id: harddrv.cc,v 1.57 2002-06-26 16:45:27 cbothamy Exp $"));
 
   /* HARD DRIVE 0 */
 
@@ -2829,6 +2829,20 @@ int concat_image_t::open (const char* pathname0)
     if (ret) {
 	  BX_PANIC(("fstat() returns error!"));
     }
+    if (S_ISBLK(stat_buf.st_mode))
+    {
+/* it's a block device. st_size will be 0, so set it to the correct size. */
+      if (ioctl(fd_table[i],BLKGETSIZE,&(stat_buf.st_size))==-1)
+        BX_PANIC(("size of block device %s can't be read",pathname));
+      if (stat_buf.st_size > (0x7ffffff/512))
+      {
+       BX_ERROR(("size of disk image is too big, rounded down"));
+        stat_buf.st_size=0x7ffffe00; /* maximum size without overflow */
+      }
+      else
+        stat_buf.st_size*=512; /* returned value is sectors */
+      /* what about an overflow here? should possibly use fstat64 */
+    }
     if ((stat_buf.st_size % 512) != 0) {
       BX_PANIC(("size of disk image must be multiple of 512 bytes"));
     }
diff --git a/bochs/patches/patch.blkdevsize b/bochs/patches/patch.blkdevsize
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db2b11e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bochs/patches/patch.blkdevsize
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Patch name: patch.blkdevsize
+Author: Ph. Marek
+Date: June 26th 2002
+
+Detailed description:
+I'm currently working to get bochs to support block devices (eg. /dev/hda) as 
+harddisks.  I downloaded the current release
+http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bochs/bochs-1.4.tar.gz
+and found that size detection doesn't work.
+
+Here's a patch to get the detection working.
+
+Patch was created with:
+  cvs diff -u
+Apply patch to what version:
+  cvs checked out on June 26th 2002
+Instructions:
+  To patch, go to main bochs directory.
+  Type "patch -p0 < THIS_PATCH_FILE".
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Index: iodev/harddrv.cc
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvsroot/bochs/bochs/iodev/harddrv.cc,v
+retrieving revision 1.56
+diff -u -r1.56 harddrv.cc
+--- iodev/harddrv.cc	4 May 2002 16:00:40 -0000	1.56
++++ iodev/harddrv.cc	26 Jun 2002 16:37:46 -0000
+@@ -2829,6 +2829,20 @@
+     if (ret) {
+ 	  BX_PANIC(("fstat() returns error!"));
+     }
++    if (S_ISBLK(stat_buf.st_mode))
++    {
++/* it's a block device. st_size will be 0, so set it to the correct size. */
++      if (ioctl(fd_table[i],BLKGETSIZE,&(stat_buf.st_size))==-1)
++        BX_PANIC(("size of block device %s can't be read",pathname));
++      if (stat_buf.st_size > (0x7ffffff/512))
++      {
++       BX_ERROR(("size of disk image is too big, rounded down"));
++        stat_buf.st_size=0x7ffffe00; /* maximum size without overflow */
++      }
++      else
++        stat_buf.st_size*=512; /* returned value is sectors */
++      /* what about an overflow here? should possibly use fstat64 */
++    }
+     if ((stat_buf.st_size % 512) != 0) {
+       BX_PANIC(("size of disk image must be multiple of 512 bytes"));
+     }
+Index: bochs.h
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvsroot/bochs/bochs/bochs.h,v
+retrieving revision 1.66
+diff -u -r1.66 bochs.h
+--- bochs.h	26 Jun 2002 14:42:34 -0000	1.66
++++ bochs.h	26 Jun 2002 16:37:46 -0000
+@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
+ #else
+ #  ifndef WIN32
+ #    include <sys/time.h>
++#    include <sys/mount.h>
+ #  endif
+ #  include <sys/types.h>
+ #  include <sys/stat.h>