diff -urN util-linux-2.12/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.c util-linux-2.12-patched/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.c
--- util-linux-2.12/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.c	2005-04-30 21:38:42.924938555 -0500
+++ util-linux-2.12-patched/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.c	2005-04-30 21:40:36.283237704 -0500
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@
 static char super_block_buffer[BLOCK_SIZE];
 static char boot_block_buffer[512];
 #define Super (*(struct minix_super_block *)super_block_buffer)
-#define INODES ((unsigned long)Super.s_ninodes)
+#define INODES (Super.s_ninodes)
 #ifdef HAVE_MINIX2
-#define ZONES ((unsigned long)(version2 ? Super.s_zones : Super.s_nzones))
+#define ZONES ((version2 ? Super.s_zones : Super.s_nzones))
 #else
-#define ZONES ((unsigned long)(Super.s_nzones))
+#define ZONES (Super.s_nzones)
 #endif
-#define IMAPS ((unsigned long)Super.s_imap_blocks)
-#define ZMAPS ((unsigned long)Super.s_zmap_blocks)
-#define FIRSTZONE ((unsigned long)Super.s_firstdatazone)
-#define ZONESIZE ((unsigned long)Super.s_log_zone_size)
-#define MAXSIZE ((unsigned long)Super.s_max_size)
+#define IMAPS (Super.s_imap_blocks)
+#define ZMAPS (Super.s_zmap_blocks)
+#define FIRSTZONE (Super.s_firstdatazone)
+#define ZONESIZE (Super.s_log_zone_size)
+#define MAXSIZE (Super.s_max_size)
 #define MAGIC (Super.s_magic)
 #define NORM_FIRSTZONE (2+IMAPS+ZMAPS+INODE_BLOCKS)
 
@@ -436,7 +436,10 @@
 	MAGIC = magic;
 	ZONESIZE = 0;
 	MAXSIZE = version2 ? 0x7fffffff : (7+512+512*512)*1024;
-	ZONES = BLOCKS;
+	if (version2)
+		Super.s_zones = BLOCKS;
+	else
+		Super.s_nzones = BLOCKS;
 
 /* some magic nrs: 1 inode / 3 blocks */
 	if ( req_nr_inodes == 0 ) 
@@ -478,11 +481,11 @@
 	if (!inode_buffer)
 		die(_("unable to allocate buffer for inodes"));
 	memset(inode_buffer,0,INODE_BUFFER_SIZE);
-	printf(_("%ld inodes\n"),INODES);
-	printf(_("%ld blocks\n"),ZONES);
-	printf(_("Firstdatazone=%ld (%ld)\n"),FIRSTZONE,NORM_FIRSTZONE);
+	printf(_("%ld inodes\n"),(unsigned long)INODES);
+	printf(_("%ld blocks\n"),(unsigned long)ZONES);
+	printf(_("Firstdatazone=%ld (%ld)\n"),(unsigned long)FIRSTZONE,(unsigned long)NORM_FIRSTZONE);
 	printf(_("Zonesize=%d\n"),BLOCK_SIZE<<ZONESIZE);
-	printf(_("Maxsize=%ld\n\n"),MAXSIZE);
+	printf(_("Maxsize=%ld\n\n"),(unsigned long)MAXSIZE);
 }
 
 /*