FFE: add 'cloud-initramfs-tools' package and cloud-utils update
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Bug Description
Under the blueprint 'cloud-
I've done that work in 2 parts
* adding 'growpart' to the cloud-utils package
* adding a new package 'cloud-
Adding 'growpart' to the cloud-utils package allows a user to easily do something like:
* download compressed uec image from [2], uncompress file
* convert file to 'raw' image type (qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw natty-server-
* increase the size from the default ~ 1.5G disk (truncate --size 4G disk.img)
* rewrite the partition table so that there /dev/sda1 has access to the new space
growpart disk.img 1
Adding the cloud-initramfs
I have uploaded the signed source package to [3]. I had Jamie Strandboge review the package, and he's agreed to upload.
I would have had this in yesterday (before Feature Freeze) but I just ran out of time at the end.
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[1] https:/
[2] http://
[3] http://
Approved. Go ahead and upload.