cloud-localds -f vfat fails with "sectors per track" error

Bug #1431537 reported by Kamal Mostafa
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Bug Description

"cloud-localds -f vfat" always fails with this error:

Total number of sectors (200) not a multiple of sectors per track (32)!

because the seed disk image file is explicitly created with "trunctate --size 100K". Attached patch fixes it by creating a 128K seed disk image instead.

Tags: patch
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Kamal Mostafa (kamalmostafa) wrote :
tags: added: patch
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

fix in trunk at revno 289

Changed in cloud-utils:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Fix Committed
Scott Moser (smoser)
Changed in cloud-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

fix released in 0.29

Changed in cloud-utils:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cloud-utils - 0.29-0ubuntu1

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cloud-utils (0.29-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
    * cloud-localds: fix creation of vfat filesystems. (LP: #1431537)
      [Kamal Mostafa]
    * cloud-localds: better errors on missing vfat tools and
      Suggest mtools. (LP: #1431533)
    * growpart: fix use of partx for newer util-linux versions.
      (LP: #1587971) [Lars Kellogg-Stedman]
    * Add license file. (LP: #1294338)

 -- Scott Moser <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:05:42 -0400

Changed in cloud-utils (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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