ISO testing

Mathias Gug mathiaz at ubuntu.com
Mon Oct 27 11:59:47 UTC 2008


Hi Onno,

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:30:09PM +0800, Onno Benschop wrote:
> On the blog there was a comment from "Irgendeiner" (which if my German
> serves me means "someone" :) which states:
> >
> > It _is_ a shame that the standard testing procedures for server ISO’s
> > do not also specify scenarios appropriate for server:
> >
> > a) Whole disk Raid-1 without LVM
> > b) Whole disk Raid-1 with LVM
> > c) Whole disk Raid-1 with crypted root, without LVM
> > d) Whole disk Raid-1 with crypted root, with LVM
> > e) Disk with existing partitions and above.
> >
> > And yes, such tests must be done on real disks, not only virtual.
> >
> 
> I recall that there was a discussion about this at a server-meeting -
> IIRC before Hardy release.
> 
> I had a quick look through iso.qa.ubuntu.com and through LP, but could
> not locate a place where I could make this suggestion, or update the
> testing procedure. The wiki page appears to be immutable, so updating it
> isn't an option - I didn't try, I figured immutable means what I think
> it means.
> 

The wiki page [1] is editable by anyone. Feel free to add a tests for
these use cases.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Cases/ServerInstall

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Mathias Gug
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