[Test-Announce] Fedora 17 Alpha Test Compose 2 (TC2) Available Now!

[Andre Robatino]

**IMPORTANT**: There were different versions of the TC2 install and live
images which were overwritten prior to this announcement. I also briefly
posted delta ISOs for some of these old images. Please make sure that
the images you are using correspond to the currently posted checksum files.

As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Alpha Test Compose 2 (TC2)
is now available for testing. Content information, including changes,
can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5054 . Please
see the following pages for download links (including delta ISOs) and
testing instructions. Normally dl.fedoraproject.org should provide the
fastest download, but download-ib01.fedoraproject.org is available as a
mirror (with an approximately 1 hour lag) in case of trouble. To use it,
just replace "dl" with "download-ib01" in the download URL.

Note that serverbeach1 is now just an alias for dl, not a separate machine.

Installation:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test

Base:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test

Desktop:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test

Ideally, all Alpha priority test cases for Installation [2], Base [3],
and Desktop [4] should pass in order to meet the Alpha Release Criteria
[5]. Help is available on #fedora-qa on irc.freenode.net [6], or on the
test list [7].

Create Fedora 17 Alpha test compose (TC) - live and traditional
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5054

F17 Alpha Blocker tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752648

F17 Alpha Nice-To-Have tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752653

[1] http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-17/f-17-quality-tasks.html
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Installation_validation_testing
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Base_validation_testing
[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Desktop_validation_testing
[5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Alpha_Release_Criteria
[6] irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-qa
[7] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test


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[Frank Murphy]

On 10/02/12 01:11, Andre Robatino wrote:

Any idea on Xfce?

http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17-Alpha.TC2/Live/i686/




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[Kamil Paral]

>  Any idea on Xfce?
>  
>  http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17-Alpha.TC2/Live/i686/ 
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5054#comment:8

[Orion Poplawski]

On 02/09/2012 06:11 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
>  **IMPORTANT**: There were different versions of the TC2 install and
> live
>  images which were overwritten prior to this announcement. I also briefly
>  posted delta ISOs for some of these old images. Please make sure that
>  the images you are using correspond to the currently posted checksum files.
>
>  As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Alpha Test Compose 2 (TC2)
>  is now available for testing. 
I'm trying to do a koan driven vm install using the pxeboot images and 
the installer fails to boot with:

dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
dracut: Refusing to continue

Am I doing something obviously wrong?

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[Brian C. Lane]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 02:00:29PM -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>  On 02/09/2012 06:11 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
>  >**IMPORTANT**: There were different versions of the TC2 install and live
>  >images which were overwritten prior to this announcement. I also briefly
>  >posted delta ISOs for some of these old images. Please make sure that
>  >the images you are using correspond to the currently posted checksum files.
>  >
>  >As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Alpha Test Compose 2 (TC2)
>  >is now available for testing.
>  
>  I'm trying to do a koan driven vm install using the pxeboot images
>  and the installer fails to boot with:
>  
>  dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
>  dracut: Refusing to continue
>  
>  Am I doing something obviously wrong? 
yes ;)

The rootfs is now in LiveOS/squashfs.img so when doing something like
PXE boot or virt-install with --kernel and --initrd you also need to
provide squashfs.img somehow and point dracut to it with root=live:...

I think you can serve it up via http, but I haven't confirmed this
myself.

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[Orion Poplawski]

On 02/10/2012 04:19 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
>  On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 02:00:29PM -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> > On 02/09/2012 06:11 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
> >> **IMPORTANT**: There were different versions of the TC2 install and live
> >> images which were overwritten prior to this announcement. I also briefly
> >> posted delta ISOs for some of these old images. Please make sure that
> >> the images you are using correspond to the currently posted checksum files.
> >>
> >> As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Alpha Test Compose 2 (TC2)
> >> is now available for testing.
> >
> > I'm trying to do a koan driven vm install using the pxeboot images
> > and the installer fails to boot with:
> >
> > dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
> > dracut: Refusing to continue
> >
> > Am I doing something obviously wrong?
>
>  yes ;)
>
>  The rootfs is now in LiveOS/squashfs.img so when doing something like
>  PXE boot or virt-install with --kernel and --initrd you also need to
>  provide squashfs.img somehow and point dracut to it with root=live:...
>
>  I think you can serve it up via http, but I haven't confirmed this
>  myself. 
So, this is something koan is going to have to be taught then?  If so I'll 
file a bug.


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Boulder, CO 80301              http://www.cora.nwra.com

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 16:38 -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>  On 02/10/2012 04:19 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
>  > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 02:00:29PM -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>  >> On 02/09/2012 06:11 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
>  >>> **IMPORTANT**: There were different versions of the TC2 install and live
>  >>> images which were overwritten prior to this announcement. I also briefly
>  >>> posted delta ISOs for some of these old images. Please make sure that
>  >>> the images you are using correspond to the currently posted checksum files.
>  >>>
>  >>> As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Alpha Test Compose 2 (TC2)
>  >>> is now available for testing.
>  >>
>  >> I'm trying to do a koan driven vm install using the pxeboot images
>  >> and the installer fails to boot with:
>  >>
>  >> dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
>  >> dracut: Refusing to continue
>  >>
>  >> Am I doing something obviously wrong?
>  >
>  > yes ;)
>  >
>  > The rootfs is now in LiveOS/squashfs.img so when doing something like
>  > PXE boot or virt-install with --kernel and --initrd you also need to
>  > provide squashfs.img somehow and point dracut to it with root=live:...
>  >
>  > I think you can serve it up via http, but I haven't confirmed this
>  > myself.
>  
>  So, this is something koan is going to have to be taught then?  If so I'll 
>  file a bug. 
Sounds like it. You may want to refer to
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785815 , which has some
discussion.
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[Orion Poplawski]

On 02/10/2012 04:19 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
>  On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 02:00:29PM -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> > On 02/09/2012 06:11 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
> >> **IMPORTANT**: There were different versions of the TC2 install and live
> >> images which were overwritten prior to this announcement. I also briefly
> >> posted delta ISOs for some of these old images. Please make sure that
> >> the images you are using correspond to the currently posted checksum files.
> >>
> >> As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Alpha Test Compose 2 (TC2)
> >> is now available for testing.
> >
> > I'm trying to do a koan driven vm install using the pxeboot images
> > and the installer fails to boot with:
> >
> > dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
> > dracut: Refusing to continue
> >
> > Am I doing something obviously wrong?
>
>  yes ;)
>
>  The rootfs is now in LiveOS/squashfs.img so when doing something like
>  PXE boot or virt-install with --kernel and --initrd you also need to
>  provide squashfs.img somehow and point dracut to it with root=live:...
>
>  I think you can serve it up via http, but I haven't confirmed this
>  myself. 
Also, if it needs a new file to boot, shouldn't this be mentioned 
somewhere in the .treeinfo file?


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Orion Poplawski
Technical Manager                     303-415-9701 x222
NWRA/CoRA Division                    FAX: [phone]
3380 Mitchell Lane                  orion(a)cora.nwra.com
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[Brian C. Lane]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 07:34:51PM -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>  
>  Also, if it needs a new file to boot, shouldn't this be mentioned
>  somewhere in the .treeinfo file? 
Oh, right. lorax has been patched to do that. It will be in the next
build.

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