QA/8/Test1TreeTesting

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Fedora 8 Test 1 Pre-Release Test Coordination

Rawhide is the current testing tree. You can install from one of your local mirrors or build your own ISOs if you need installation media.

A release candidate tree (isos of rawhide) is continually kept here .

The method which anaconda uses to populate the install images has changed and thus any issues with files missing from the installer images need to be pointed out. Loudly.

These are notes on issues we've encountered that may not be on the blocker list yet.

boot.iso doesn't boot on some i386/x86_64 machines (Mostly Dell) (#249597 ) ** SOLVED **
netbooting or adding vmlinuz/initrd to a pre-existing grub.conf works OK.
firstboot traces back before you get to create a user due to a system-config-securitylevel bug (#247863 ) ** SOLVED **
You can still log in as root and create a user that way.
PPC loader SIGSEGV. Most likely keysymbols. Anaconda team is working on it. #249881 ** SOLVED **
RHGB will not launch; bug #250047 ** SOLVED **
Adding a repo (at least from DVD install method) leads to traceback during install; bug #249908
Unable to use IDE disk in some ppc (ppc64?); bug #250130
selinux unsable on ppc; ppc32 binaries compiled with wrong options and require things selinux rightfully denies.
You can work around by booting with 'enforcing=0'

For reference, here are the Blocker and Target bugs for this release:

The following is a list of things which need to be tested to help ensure a valid tree.

Install Type	Install Arch	Install Details	Install Notes
Upgrade	Any	Test upgrade from previous release, ensure necessary things blacklisted (yum list extras)	i386 Some upgrade path issues
Upgrade	Any	Test upgrade from oldest supported release, ensure necessary things blacklisted (yum list extras)
Upgrade	Any	Test multi-repo upgrade	Both Static IP and DHCP
Install	Any	Test multi-repo installs Both Static IP and DHCP	Traceback when using DVD or iso media
Text mode FTP/HTTP	Any	Ensure text mode with minstg2 sane	i386 passed
SELinux check	All	Need to ensure that fresh installs of all arches come up without any SELinux AVC errors	x86_64 passed
VNC	Any	Make sure vnc installs work with connect parameters, password param, or none at all	i386 (vncconnect), x86_64 (vncpassword)
Any	All	Make sure default install doesn't include -devel packages	perl-devel and python-devel are currently getting installed
DVD	All	Media Check Passes	i386, x86_64, ppc
USB	Any	Test installation onto removable media.	Installation works, may need rescuing to be bootable?
LiveCD	All	LiveCD actually fits on a CD	i386(Fedora)
Kickstart	Any	Make sure that kickstart works.	i386 http passed

Test Matrix

Install Source	Install Type	Arches Completed	Install Notes
DVD	Random Package Selection	i386	some ppc not possible (#250130 )
DVD	Full		traceback on x86_64 trying to add kde-i18n-Arabic - #250693
DVD	Default	i386 x86_64	some ppc not possible (#250130 )
DVD	Minimal	i386 x86_64	some ppc not possible (#250130 )
NFS	Default	i386 x86_64 ppc	ppc needs 'enforcing=0'
NFS ISO	Default	i386 x86_64
HTTP	Default with 256megs of ram		x86_64 freezes when searching for old installations
FTP	Default with 256megs of ram
Harddrive	Default
!LiveImage	N/A	i386(Fedora) x86_64(Fedora)
Any	Xen install
Any	KVM install	i386 x86_64
Any	ipv6 install	x86_64	http over ipv6
Any	dmraid install	x86_64	nvidia mirror
Any	dmraid rescue	x86_64	nvidia mirror
Any	mdraid install	i386,x86_64	First boot fails due to initrd missing mdadm - see bug #249587
Any	mdraid rescue
Any	normal rescue	i386 x86_64

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