Testing f14 anaconda

[Bob Cochran]

  I'll try doing this this evening on an x86_64 system. I already 
grabbed the DVD iso (thank you, FIOS!)

It seems a fun project! What size USB key did you use?

Bob


On 10/16/2010 12:17 PM, mike cloaked wrote:
> 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.
>