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

Thu Jul 3 03:08:09 UTC 2014

do a *sudo apt-get install fsadm*


2014-07-02 22:44 GMT-03:00 Mark Millard <markmi at dsl-only.net>:

> 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
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>
> 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
>>
>>
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