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Fedora Test Days

livecd-tools

Date	<<04-19-2012>>
Time	all day

Website	QA/Fedora_17_test_days
IRC	#fedora-test-day (webirc)
Mailing list	test

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If you come to this page before or after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test, file any bugs you find at Bugzilla, and add your results to the results section. If this page is more than a month old when you arrive here, please check the current schedule and see if a similar but more recent Test Day is planned or has already happened.

What to test?[edit]

Today's installment of Fedora Test Day will focus on livecd-tools and creating a Fedora USB installation stick via the command-line with livecd-tools' livecd-iso-to-disk on Fedora 16, 17, and with liveusb-creator on Fedora and Windows.

Who's available[edit]

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

Development - FranciscoD (FranciscoD)
Quality Assurance - vicodan (vicodan)

Prerequisite for Test Day[edit]

A Fedora 16/17 installation. (or a windows installation)
Time
Usb key(s)
ISO images of latest Fedora 17 beta. ISO images are here
Free space on HD (A separate test system would be preferred)
(optional) Your hardware profile uploaded to Smolt according to these instructions
(optional) Beer (if you're adult)
(optional) Hot dogs!

Update your machine[edit]

You need to have the livecd-tools version 16.11 at least.

How to test?[edit]

Please use the process detailed on the How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB wiki page.
You can also use qemu/qemu-kvm to test your live media

qemu -hda /dev/sdX  # add "-m 1G", if more RAM is needed for more than just a quick test boot

Test Results[edit]

If you have problems with any of the tests,please report a bug to Bugzilla for livecd-tools or Bugzilla for liveusb-creator . If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, 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 the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the result template to enter your result, as shown in the example result line.

User	Smolt Profile	Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16	Install from USB flashed in Fedora 16	Flash USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16	Install from USB drive with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16	Flash USB drive with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17	Install from USB drive with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17	Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17	Install from USB drive flashed in Fedora 17	Flash USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Windows	Install off USB drive flashed drive in Windows	References
Sample User	HW	none	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	warn ^[1]	fail ^[2]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321 ↑ RHBZ #12345
vicodan	[Virtualbox Fedora 17 x64 VM]	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress	inprogress
satellit_	HW	none	none	none	none	pass ^[1]^[2]	pass ^[3]	pass ^[4]	pass ^[5]	none	none	↑ dd if=Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=2M ↑ "liveusb-creator --reset-mbr" on f17 ↑ RHBZ #811412#c30 ↑ ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --format --reset-mbr --msdos Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso /dev/sdb ↑ Install from 4GB Install USB DVD to 500 GB ext USB HD use whole disk non LVM from USB install LIVE-REPO.(No Network)RHBZ #813905#c11
evillagr	HW	none	none	pass ^[1] ^[2]	none	none	none	none	none	pass ^[3]	none	↑ dd if=Descargas/Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=2M ↑ livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Descargas/Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso /dev/sdc1 ↑ Windows 7, Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso
FranciscoD						pass	none	pass ^[1]	pass ^[2]	pass ^[3]	pass ^[4]	↑ RHBZ #813905, used direct dd ↑ Installed correctly, working installation ↑ liveusb-creator on windows ↑ Boots, live works

[1] Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321

[2] RHBZ #12345

[3] =Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=2M

[4] "liveusb-creator --reset-mbr" on f17

[5] RHBZ #811412#c30

[6] ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --format --reset-mbr --msdos Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso /dev/sdb

[7] Install from 4GB Install USB DVD to 500 GB ext USB HD use whole disk non LVM from USB install LIVE-REPO.(No Network)RHBZ #813905#c11

[8] =Descargas/Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=2M

[9] vecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Descargas/Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso /dev/sdc1

[10] Windows 7, Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso

[11] RHBZ #813905, used direct dd

[12] Installed correctly, working installation

[13] veusb-creator on windows

[14] Boots, live works

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 | name = Fedora Test Days
 | image = [[File:Echo-testing-48px.png|link=QA/Fedora_16_test_days]]
-| caption = [[live-usbtools]]
+| caption = [[livecd-tools]]
 | date = <<04-19-2012>>
 | time = all day
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 == What to test? ==
-Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on '''liveusb-tools''' and creating a live usb image via liveusb-tools on fedora 17 and windows liveusb-creator.
+Today's installment of Fedora Test Day will focus on '''livecd-tools''' and creating a Fedora USB installation stick via the command-line with livecd-tools' livecd-iso-to-disk on Fedora 16, 17, and with liveusb-creator on Fedora and Windows.
 == Who's available ==
-The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...
+The following cast of characters will be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...
-* Development - [[User:FranciscoD|FranciscoD]] (FranciscoD)
+* Development - [[User:Ankursinha|FranciscoD]] (FranciscoD)
 * Quality Assurance - [[User:vicodan|vicodan]] (vicodan)
 == Prerequisite for Test Day ==
-List any prerequisite needs for the test event.  A fresh system, virtualized guest, a blank DVD ... a desire to break software?
+* A Fedora 16/17 installation. (or a windows installation)
-* [A copy of the http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/17-Beta/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso Fedora 17 pre-release x64 DVD http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/17-Beta/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-17-Beta-i386-DVD.iso i686] with '''all''' updates from <code>updates-testing</code> installed]
 * Time
-* Usb key
+* Usb key(s)
-* DVD ISO image of latest Fedora 17 beta
+* ISO images of latest Fedora 17 beta. ISO images are [http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease here]
-* Free space on HD
+* Free space on HD (A separate test system would be preferred)
 * (optional) Your hardware profile uploaded to [http://www.smolts.org Smolt] according to [http://smolts.org/smolt-wiki/Main_Page#Usage these instructions]
 * (optional) Beer (if you're adult)
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 === Update your machine ===
-If you're running Fedora 17, make sure you have all the current updates for it installed, using the update manager or yum.
+* You need to have the livecd-tools version 16.11 at least.
-=== Preparing the USB stick ===
-{{admon/note|Formatting is necessary|Due to some changes in the anaconda installer in Fedora 17, it is necessary to format the USB media that you are using. This is only required when using the DVD media, not the Live media. It is therefore suggested that you use a 4-8GB pen drive and not an external hard disk since you will lose your data. See rhbz#813905}}
-The easiest setup method is to install Fedora's own '''[[livecd-iso-to-disk]]''' script from livecd-tools. Note that the liveusb-creator GUI, however, does not support putting the DVD installer on USB.  (Unetbootin has worked in the past as well, but does not currently work for Fedora 14 and 15.)
 == How to test? ==
-Graphical Method - Windows only. For flashing from Fedora please use the terminal for now.
+* Please use the process detailed on the [[How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB|How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB]] wiki page.
+* You can also use qemu/qemu-kvm to test your live media
-Fedora LiveUSB sticks can be created in Windows (for this test) located at [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator liveusb-creator].
-For Windows using the following steps:
-* Download liveusb-creator from http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator
-* Double click 'liveusb-creator'
-* Point to ISO image
-* Choose Fedora 16 and x86_64 or i686 and the type of desktop you want.
-Fedora / command line method:
-If you are using Fedora open a terminal and run the following commands:
-<pre>
-$ su -c "yum install liveusb-creator"
-</pre>
-Use the "mount" command to find the USB stick (e.g., /dev/sdb1) or look at /var/log/messages
-or df -h to find where the stick was mounted.
-Next unmount the USB stick either from the desktop icon or using the umount command - but keep a note of where the USB stick is attached to the filesystem, e.g., /dev/sdb1
-Now as root run:
+<pre>qemu -hda /dev/sdX  # add "-m 1G", if more RAM is needed for more than just a quick test boot</pre>
-<pre>
-# livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --msdos path-to/Fedora-*.iso /dev/sdb
-</pre>
-If the stick is not bootable, then refer to the information below to make it bootable, otherwise this command will fail.
-You should now have a bootable USB stick which will run a Fedora install. When you boot the stick, you may also add askmethod to the boot line and select a hard drive install and select the drive as /dev/sdb1 (or your USB device drive) and the path should be /
-The remainder of the install should be the same as for using a DVD in an optical drive, but when you select options make sure that you select your disk partitioning carefully if you are doing custom partitioning and also make sure that the bootloader is installed on the correct drive - by default it will be installed on the USB stick so you will need to change it to the master boot record on the hard drive.
 == Test Results ==
-If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to [https://bugzilla.redhat.com Bugzilla] for liveusb-tools. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, 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 the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the [[Template:result|result template]] to enter your result, as shown in the example result line.
+If you have problems with any of the tests,please report a bug to [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=livecd-tools Bugzilla for livecd-tools] or [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=liveusb-creator Bugzilla for liveusb-creator] . If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, 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 the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the [[Template:result|result template]] to enter your result, as shown in the example result line.
 {|
 ! User
 ! Smolt Profile
-! [[QA:Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora|Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora]]
+! [[QA:Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16|Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16]]
-! [[QA:Boot from USB drive flashed in Fedora|Boot from USB drive flashed in Fedora]]
+! [[QA:Install from USB flashed in Fedora 16|Install from USB flashed in Fedora 16]]
-! [[QA:Flash USB drive with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Windows|Flash USB drive with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Windows]]
+! [[QA:Flash USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16|Flash USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16]]
-! [[QA:Boot from USB drive flashed in Windows|Boot off USB drive flashed drive in Windows]]
+! [[QA:Install from USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16|Install from USB drive with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 16]]
+! [[QA:Flash USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17|Flash USB drive with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17]]
+! [[QA:Install from USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17|Install from USB drive with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17]]
+! [[QA:Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17|Flash USB with DVD ISO 64/32bit in Fedora 17]]
+! [[QA:Install from USB drive flashed in Fedora 17|Install from USB drive flashed in Fedora 17]]
+! [[QA:Flash USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Windows|Flash USB with Fedora Desktop Live ISO 64/32bit in Windows]]
+! [[QA:Install from USB drive flashed in Windows|Install off USB drive flashed drive in Windows]]
 ! References
 |-
 | [[User:SampleUser|Sample User]]
 | [http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_84465125-1350-4f83-87b9-5f16f7430eb8 HW]
 | {{result|none}}
+| {{result|pass}}
+| {{result|pass}}
+| {{result|pass}}
+| {{result|pass}}
+| {{result|pass}}
+| {{result|pass}}
 | {{result|pass}}
 | {{result|warn}} <ref>Test pass, but also encountered {{bz|54321}}</ref>
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 | [Virtualbox Fedora 17 x64 VM]
 | {{result|inprogress}}
+| {{result|inprogress}}
+| {{result|inprogress}}
+| {{result|inprogress}}
+| {{result|inprogress}}
+| {{result|inprogress}}
+| {{result|inprogress}}
 | {{result|inprogress}}
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+| <references/>
+|-
+| [[User:satellit_|satellit_]]
+| [http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_cce5fdb6-5169-4f18-8126-2400e832352c HW]
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>dd if=Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=2M</ref><ref>"liveusb-creator --reset-mbr" on f17</ref>
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>{{bz|811412#c30}}</ref>
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --format --reset-mbr --msdos Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso /dev/sdb</ref>
+| {{result|pass}} <ref> Install from 4GB Install USB DVD to 500 GB ext USB HD use whole disk non LVM from USB install LIVE-REPO.(No Network){{bz|813905#c11}}</ref>
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| <references/>
+|-
+| [[User:evillagr|evillagr]]
+| [http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_bd2a380a-0ff5-4c40-8cc1-2004a8adf8a9 HW]
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>dd if=Descargas/Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=2M</ref> <ref>livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Descargas/Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso /dev/sdc1</ref>
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>Windows 7, Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso</ref>
+| {{result|none}}
+| <references/>
+|-
+| [[User:Ankursinha|FranciscoD]]
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| {{result|pass}}
+| {{result|none}}
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>{{bz|813905}}, used direct dd</ref>
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>Installed correctly, working installation</ref>
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>liveusb-creator on windows</ref>
+| {{result|pass}} <ref>Boots, live works</ref>
 | <references/>
 |-
 |}
-[[Category:Test Days]]
-[[Category:QA Templates]]
+[[Category:Fedora 17 Test Days|s]]

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