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[Scott Moser <smoser@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When booted without an initramfs, the root device will be /dev/root, not a
named device. There is partial support for this when resizing filesystems,
but not for growing partitions, without which it doesn't do much good.

** Affects: cloud-init
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Steve Langasek (vorlon)
         Status: Fix Committed

** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: cloud-init
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Steve Langasek (vorlon)

** Changed in: cloud-init
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: cloud-init
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Also affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Merge proposal linked:
   https://code.launchpad.net/~vorlon/cloud-init/+git/cloud-init/+merge/321245

** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1677376

Title:
  growing partitions does not work when booted without initramfs

Status in cloud-init:
  Fix Committed
Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When booted without an initramfs, the root device will be /dev/root, not a
  named device. There is partial support for this when resizing filesystems,
  but not for growing partitions, without which it doesn't do much good.

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