Testing f14 anaconda

[mike cloaked]

There is currently version anaconda-14.20-1.fc14 in updates-testing
but I seem to be the only one who has tested it ( At least according
to bodhi comments) .  It would be nice if this could be pushed into
the main f14 repo so that it is included in the F14 builds ahead of
release.

I tested tc1.1 for a DVD install, but this still has the previous
version of anaconda in it.

If anyone wants to test the new version of anaconda from
updates-testing it may be useful if I detail what I did to test it for
an install. Then others could do something similar. I used a usbkey
for install but other methods could adapt the same basic idea and
would be good to test an alternative method.

I downloaded the tc1.1 DVD iso from
http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/14.TC1.1/Fedora/i386/iso/
as well as the boot.iso from
http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/14.TC1.1/Fedora/i386/os/images/

Then I used the script from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bcl
i.e. the file "upd_bootiso" referenced from that web page, and
executed it with the new anaconda rpm downloaded from a mirror for f14
updates-testing so that a new boot.iso was written containing the new
anaconda. This gave a file new-boot.iso in /tmp/ which I renamed back
to boot.iso to be used as the test install file.

What I then did was to prepare a usbkey for the install in an f13
system, plugging in the usbkey and then executing as root:
umount /dev/sdb1 (since my key was sdb)

Then
livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr path-to/boot.iso /dev/sdb1
prepares the key as a bootable device - ready to boot the new boot.iso

The last stage was to copy the DVD iso onto the key as well.

To test I booted from the key and this initiated the install onto the
laptop using the new version of anconda (and checked on screen as the
install began)- it then referenced the DVD iso on the usbkey - the
only watchpoint was to switch the writing of grub onto the MBR of the
internal HD rather than the default /dev/sdb by selecting "Switch
Device" at the bootloader settings screen, and swapping the setting of
first and second BIOS drive so that grub goes onto the MBR of /dev/sda
rather than /dev/sdb

The install for me was then uneventful and completed normally - and I
have added a comment in bodhi with positive karma.

If anyone else can run a test then presumably with karma +2 the new
anaconda package would get used in the next compose for rc ahead of
GA?

Would be nice if someone else could test for an install.

-- 
mike c