diff -ur util-linux-2.12q.org/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.c util-linux-2.12q/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.c
--- util-linux-2.12q.org/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.c	2004-12-11 15:53:16.000000000 +0100
+++ util-linux-2.12q/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.c	2005-02-27 20:03:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -77,15 +77,7 @@
 #define PAD_SIZE 512
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
-#ifdef PAGE_SIZE
 #define PAGE_CACHE_SIZE ((int) PAGE_SIZE)
-#elif defined __ia64__
-#define PAGE_CACHE_SIZE (16384)
-#elif defined __alpha__
-#define PAGE_CACHE_SIZE (8192)
-#else
-#define PAGE_CACHE_SIZE (4096)
-#endif
 
 /* Guarantee access to at least 8kB at a time */
 #define ROMBUFFER_BITS	13
@@ -95,11 +87,21 @@
 static unsigned long read_buffer_block = ~0UL;
 
 /* Uncompressing data structures... */
-static char outbuffer[PAGE_CACHE_SIZE*2];
+static char *outbuffer;
 z_stream stream;
 
 #endif /* INCLUDE_FS_TESTS */
 
+static void init_statics(void)
+{
+#ifdef INCLUDE_FS_TESTS
+    	if ((outbuffer = malloc (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE*2)) == NULL) {
+	    	fprintf (stderr, _("Cannot allocate space for decompression buffer\n"));
+		exit(8);
+	}
+#endif
+}
+		    
 /* Input status of 0 to print help and exit without an error. */
 static void usage(int status)
 {
@@ -464,6 +466,8 @@
 	int c;			/* for getopt */
 	int start = 0;
 
+	init_statics();
+
 	if (argc)
 		progname = argv[0];