Alternate Install CD doesn't have fsck
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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rescue (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
I had an issue with ext4 on my Ubuntu 9.04 netbook that needed fscking, but the Alternate Installer CD I burned (for another box, to try LVM on root) did not have any fsck utility in the "Rescue" boot.
Every installer of Ubuntu should be able to recover any installed system of that level or earlier, so you'd need a full suite of tools for filesystem recovery, or at the very least fsck.* (for all filesystems supported for OS install at that level or earlier) and fdisk/cfdisk.
I was able to burn a standard Desktop ISO and this worked, but in general (or specifically emergency situations without access to blank media) you should be able to pop in any Ubuntu LiveCD and recover filesystems to the point where they boot (AKA fsck, mount, fdisk)..
Mm, yes. Perhaps it would be a good idea for rescue-mode to anna-install e2fsprogs-udeb, etc.