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* | * Choose whether to connect your test machine to the network or not. We want to test installation using: * just the contents of the CD images * with networking, but no extra mirrors specified (i.e. security.d.o only) * with access to a package mirror * If you do allow a net connection, note whether IPv4 and/or IPv6 worked correctly. Feel free to try a static networking setup instead of the default DHCP. * Set up user accounts as you normally would for any installation. * Try a variety of different filesystem layouts: * auto layout * guided * manual * Please try some different filesystems, and ideally some software RAID and LVM options too. Be aware that if you want to test encryption, it will take a *long* time to write random data to initialise things, so only set up a small LVM area unless you want to block the installation for (potentially) many hours! * Go through tasksel and pick a semi-random selection of the available tasks. * Make sure that there are appropriate tasks listed: * The desktop task will only appear if you have enough of the task available (i.e. a full CD/DVD etc. or you've added a network mirror) * "Standard system utilities" should always appear. * Note down what you selected, and make sure it all installs OK. * Finalising the installation: make sure that the appropriate boot loader installs correctly. * Let the machine reboot, check it boots ok and the selected desktop (or console-only system) starts correctly when you log in. * If you have a desktop, check it contains a reasonable-looking (if minimal!) set of programs. * Report back...! |
Simple: list here the tests that you've done on the images you've downloaded. Help us make the Wheezy release the best one ever!
We need to know, for each test:
- architecture
- type of hardware (make, model etc. if relevant)
- image used (full filename please!)
- installer display type (text/gui/serial/?)
- how you booted it (ISO / USB stick / network etc.)
- language / kb layout etc. chosen
- network / no network connected
- filesystem layout choices
- choice of desktop
did all go OK? If not, we need to know today - tell us on IRC
- anything unexpected?
Thanks for your help!
We will be co-ordinating on IRC (#debian-cd on irc.debian.org) to ensure that we cover the stuff we want, and to avoid duplication of efforts.
The ideal list of tests to be run is below. Please take a test and run it. First priority: if you have uncommon (i.e. non-x86 hardware), please start testing that first! Otherwise, pick the first one that's not already claimed.
To claim a test, edit the page and add your name/nick next to it with a time in UTC and INPROGRESS. Once you're done, change INPROGRESS to SUCCESS or FAILURE. Let's try to avoid duplication of effort!
If you do need to list a failure report, please file a bug against installation-reports immediately and tell us more on irc. It's possible that we may need to rebuild some of the CDs or DVDs based on feedback here; other bugs found may just end up being listed in errata. Either way, we need to know ASAP.
Specific things we want to check for:
Boot time
- Make sure that the boot menu comes up where applicable:
- syslinux for i386 (CD boot)
- syslinux for i386 (USB boot)
- syslinux for amd64 via BIOS (CD boot)
- syslinux for amd64 via BIOS (USB boot)
- grub for amd64 via UEFI (CD boot)
- grub for amd64 via UEFI (USB boot)
- Make sure that the boot menu is functional:
- is it visible properly (i.e. no graphics corruption etc.)?
- can you scroll up and down?
- can you select submenus?
- are all the appropriate menu entries there that you would expect?
- netinst, DVD-1, BD-1, DLBD-1 should include options for all desktops under "Advanced options/Alternative desktop environments".
- CD-1 only has gnome
- $desktop-CD-1 only includes $desktop
- On other platforms without menus, check that the image boots and displays startup text:
- silo on sparc
- yaboot on powerpc
- elilo on ia64
- etc...
- Choose a desktop to install from the ones that should be available on your installation media.
- Check that the selected installation type starts up:
- Text mode
- Graphics mode (where appropriate)
- Serial mode (where appropriate)
- With speech assistance (where appropriate)
- Select your own language and preferred keyboard layout etc.
- feel free to try other langauges and layouts if you're comfortable with them; we really want to get good coverage of the common choices. English will be covered already!
- Choose whether to connect your test machine to the network or not. We want to test installation using:
- just the contents of the CD images
- with networking, but no extra mirrors specified (i.e. security.d.o only)
- with access to a package mirror
- If you do allow a net connection, note whether IPv4 and/or IPv6 worked correctly. Feel free to try a static networking setup instead of the default DHCP.
- Set up user accounts as you normally would for any installation.
- Try a variety of different filesystem layouts:
- auto layout
- guided
- manual
- Please try some different filesystems, and ideally some software RAID and LVM options too. Be aware that if you want to test encryption, it will take a *long* time to write random data to initialise things, so only set up a small LVM area unless you want to block the installation for (potentially) many hours!
- Go through tasksel and pick a semi-random selection of the available tasks.
- Make sure that there are appropriate tasks listed:
- The desktop task will only appear if you have enough of the task available (i.e. a full CD/DVD etc. or you've added a network mirror)
- "Standard system utilities" should always appear.
- Note down what you selected, and make sure it all installs OK.
- Make sure that there are appropriate tasks listed:
- Finalising the installation: make sure that the appropriate boot loader installs correctly.
- Let the machine reboot, check it boots ok and the selected desktop (or console-only system) starts correctly when you log in.
- If you have a desktop, check it contains a reasonable-looking (if minimal!) set of programs.
- Report back...!