[Bug 1338888] [NEW] lubuntu-14.04-alternate-powerpc.iso rescue-powerpc missing fsadm

[Mark Millard]

Public bug reported:

I'm just reporting a property of the  lubuntu-14.04-alternate-
powerpc.iso's rescue-powerpc mode of use. (I'm not looking for help for
figuring out a workaround.)

I tried to use a rescue-powerpc shell from a CD built from lubuntu-14.04
-alternate-powerpc.iso to do lvreduce --resizefs against what would
normally be a live / (root file system). (md5sum was verified.)

What I discovered was that fsadm is not present in that shell's context.
(Nor is apt-get.) The lvreduce use aborts from the lack of finding
fsadm. lvreduce itself was found just fine.

Also: "find / -name fsadm -print" from that shell context does not find
fsadm, confirming its status.

It may be that lvm's coverage for rescue-powerpc mode is just not to be
complete due to CD space requirements and the relative priorities for
what can be done fairly directly when booted from that media via the
rescue-powerpc selection. Such is not for me to say.

But if lvreduce involving file system shrinkage is not to be supported
from rescue-powerpc then it might be a good thing to note some place,
letting folks know they need to go elsewhere for that functionality in
powerpc land.

Context note: This was on an old iMac G3 that has a built-in CD-ROM
drive. DVDs are not a direct option for that context (without presuming
extra hardware).

I have not checked other CD .iso's, other processor families, or other
ubuntu variants. The point could be more general than I know but I'm
just reporting what I've direct evidence of.

** Affects: rescue (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  lubuntu-14.04-alternate-powerpc.iso rescue-powerpc missing fsadm

Status in “rescue” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm just reporting a property of the  lubuntu-14.04-alternate-
  powerpc.iso's rescue-powerpc mode of use. (I'm not looking for help
  for figuring out a workaround.)

  I tried to use a rescue-powerpc shell from a CD built from
  lubuntu-14.04-alternate-powerpc.iso to do lvreduce --resizefs against
  what would normally be a live / (root file system). (md5sum was
  verified.)

  What I discovered was that fsadm is not present in that shell's
  context. (Nor is apt-get.) The lvreduce use aborts from the lack of
  finding fsadm. lvreduce itself was found just fine.

  Also: "find / -name fsadm -print" from that shell context does not
  find fsadm, confirming its status.

  It may be that lvm's coverage for rescue-powerpc mode is just not to
  be complete due to CD space requirements and the relative priorities
  for what can be done fairly directly when booted from that media via
  the rescue-powerpc selection. Such is not for me to say.

  But if lvreduce involving file system shrinkage is not to be supported
  from rescue-powerpc then it might be a good thing to note some place,
  letting folks know they need to go elsewhere for that functionality in
  powerpc land.

  Context note: This was on an old iMac G3 that has a built-in CD-ROM
  drive. DVDs are not a direct option for that context (without
  presuming extra hardware).

  I have not checked other CD .iso's, other processor families, or other
  ubuntu variants. The point could be more general than I know but I'm
  just reporting what I've direct evidence of.

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