lubuntu-14.04-alternate-powerpc.iso missing fsadm so lvreduce --resizefs aborts...

[Mark Millard]

Selecting to boot the CD for "rescue-powerpc", selecting to not mount a root file system from the PowerMac, selecting to get to the shell, and typing

find / -name fsadm -print

does not find a fsadm anywhere.

Naturally enough typing "fsadm -h" at the command prompt results in the message

/bin/sh: fsadm: not found


===
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net

On Jul 2, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at PhillW.net> wrote:

can you report the outcome of 

fsadm -h

Regards,

Phill.


On 3 July 2014 01:52, Mark Millard <markmi at dsl-only.net> wrote:
I wanted to release about 45G Bytes of free space from a root file system that is in lvm and so I tried to use a CD built from lubuntu-14.04-alternate-powerpc.iso to do lvreduce --resizefs. Unfortunately the attempted use of lvreduce reports that it could not find fsadm (and fsadm is not in the live file system's /sbin/ with the lv* tools).

Part of the purpose for "rescue-powerpc" (and the like) should be to do operations that can not be done with a live (root) filesystem.  Looks like this specific kind of example of that has been missed.

I have not checked if other processor families have similar issues for their "alternate" CDs or if the issue is specific to lubuntu vs. existing in other ubuntu variants. Nor have I checked other types of .iso's for powerpc.

===
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net



--
Lubuntu-users mailing list
Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users




-- 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/attachments/20140702/bd5c77d7/attachment.html>