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== Test ==
== Test ==


Follow each of these test cases that are possible with the hardware you have available:
=== Enable dracut ===


Basic:
To test [[Features/Dracut|dracut]], you will first need to know how to enable dracut support for the distribution you are testing:
* [[QA:Testcase Dracut switch to host-built ramdisk]]
* When testing on {{FedoraVersion|long|12}} Alpha (or rawhide) - [[QA:Testcase Dracut switch to host-built ramdisk]]
* [[QA:Testcase Dracut switch to locally built ramdisk]]
* When testing on {{FedoraVersion|long|11}} - [[QA:Testcase Dracut switch to locally built ramdisk]]
* [[QA:Testcase_Dracut_live_image]]
* Alternatively, if using the [[Releases/Rawhide|rawhide]] live image - [[QA:Testcase_Dracut_live_image]]
 
=== Test scenarios ===


Local root volume:
Local root volume:
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= Results =
= Results =


{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! User
! Smolt Profile
! Root device information (e.g. ''root=...'')
! References
|-
| [[User:jlaska|jlaska]]
| [http://www.smolts.org/show?uuid=pub_UUID HW]
| root=/dev/md0 <ref>/dev/md127 != /dev/md0 - see {{bz|518793}}</ref>
| <references/>
|-
|}


[[Category:Test Days]]
[[Category:Test Days]]

Revision as of 14:06, 25 August 2009

DATE TIME WHERE
Thu August 27, 2009 From 12:00 to 21:00 UTC (8am -> 5pm EDT) #fedora-qa)

What to test?

Today's installment of Fedora Test Day will focus on the nash/mkinitrd replacement; Dracut. This page will outline several methods for enabling dracut on your system, and describe different root device storage scenarios where feedback is needed. Whether you run fedora on a laptop, or on a stateless nfs-mounted remote filesystem ... dracut will be used.

If you come to this page after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test with your system and provide feedback.

Who's available

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...

What's needed to test

  • A system with some kind of network connection
  • Your hardware profile uploaded to Smolt according to these instructions
  • An installed Fedora distribution, either:
    • Rawhide or the live CD available for this test day (see below).
    • Or an previously installed Fedora 11 system (see [Installation guide)

How to test?

Update To Rawhide

See the instructions on the Rawhide page on the various ways in which you can install or update to Rawhide. Alternatively, see below ...

Live Image

Optionally, you may download a non-destructive rawhide live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at FedoraLiveCD.

Architecture SHA256
[FIXME i686] FIXME
[FIXME x86-64] FIXME

Test

Enable dracut

To test dracut, you will first need to know how to enable dracut support for the distribution you are testing:

Test scenarios

Local root volume:

Network accessible root volume:

Report your results

If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to Bugzilla usually for the component dracut. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from the first line as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to your Smolt hardware profile (see above for a link with instructions on submitting your hardware profile to Smolt). For each test case, if your system worked correctly, simply enter the word PASS. If you had trouble, enter the word FAIL, with a footnote indicator, and put a link to the bug report in the References column (as in the example line). For tests you could not perform, enter a dash.

Results

User Smolt Profile Root device information (e.g. root=...) References
jlaska HW root=/dev/md0 [1]
  1. /dev/md127 != /dev/md0 - see RHBZ #518793