QA:Testcase Boot Methods Pxeboot
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|description=This test confirms that you are able to install a system when booting the installer using '''only''' a kernel and initial ramdisk image. | |description=This test confirms that you are able to install a system when booting the installer using '''only''' a kernel and initial ramdisk image. | ||
{{admon/note|Pxeboot Images Required|This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment]}} | {{admon/note|Pxeboot Images Required|This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment]}} | ||
| + | |prep= | ||
| + | # Set up a PXE server | ||
| + | # Have the server serve out the {{filename|vmlinuz}} and {{filename|initrd.img}} files found in the {{filename|(arch)/images/pxeboot}} directory of the tree for the Fedora release, pre-release or candidate build you wish to test | ||
|actions= | |actions= | ||
| − | # Boot test system | + | # Boot the test system via PXE, using the {{filename|vmlinuz}} (kernel) and {{filename|initrd.img}} (initrd) files provided by the server, and passing a valid [[Anaconda_Boot_Options#repo|inst.repo]] argument pointing to a server containing a Fedora tree matching the release you are testing (see the [[Anaconda_Boot_Options#repo|inst.repo]] documentation for further instructions) |
|results= | |results= | ||
| − | # | + | # The kernel/initrd pair boots and, via dracut, handles download of the anaconda image from the specified repository |
| − | # | + | # Dracut hands over to anaconda without error |
| − | + | # The installer utilizes the package repository specified on the command line | |
| − | # The installer utilizes the package repository | + | |
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:Installer Boot Methods]] | [[Category:Installer Boot Methods]] | ||
[[Category:Package_anaconda_test_cases]] | [[Category:Package_anaconda_test_cases]] | ||
Revision as of 00:34, 5 October 2012
Description
This test confirms that you are able to install a system when booting the installer using only a kernel and initial ramdisk image.
Pxeboot Images Required
This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
How to test
- Boot the test system via PXE, using the
vmlinuz(kernel) andinitrd.img(initrd) files provided by the server, and passing a valid inst.repo argument pointing to a server containing a Fedora tree matching the release you are testing (see the inst.repo documentation for further instructions)
Expected Results
- The kernel/initrd pair boots and, via dracut, handles download of the anaconda image from the specified repository
- Dracut hands over to anaconda without error
- The installer utilizes the package repository specified on the command line
