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|description=This test confirms that you are able to install a system when booting the installer using '''only''' a kernel and initial ramdisk image. | |description=This test confirms that you are able to install a system when booting the installer using '''only''' a kernel and initial ramdisk image. | ||
{{admon/note|Pxeboot Images Required|This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment]}} | {{admon/note|Pxeboot Images Required|This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment]}} | ||
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# Set up a PXE server | # Set up a PXE server | ||
# Have the server serve out the {{filename|vmlinuz}} and {{filename|initrd.img}} files found in the {{filename|(arch)/images/pxeboot}} directory of the tree for the Fedora release, pre-release or candidate build you wish to test | # Have the server serve out the {{filename|vmlinuz}} and {{filename|initrd.img}} files found in the {{filename|(arch)/images/pxeboot}} directory of the tree for the Fedora release, pre-release or candidate build you wish to test | ||
Revision as of 00:35, 5 October 2012
Description
This test confirms that you are able to install a system when booting the installer using only a kernel and initial ramdisk image.
Pxeboot Images Required
This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
This test case requires having pxeboot images made available for a system. For further information on PXE, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
Setup
- Set up a PXE server
- Have the server serve out the
vmlinuzandinitrd.imgfiles found in the(arch)/images/pxebootdirectory of the tree for the Fedora release, pre-release or candidate build you wish to test
How to test
- Boot the test system via PXE, using the
vmlinuz(kernel) andinitrd.img(initrd) files provided by the server, and passing a valid inst.repo argument pointing to a server containing a Fedora tree matching the release you are testing (see the inst.repo documentation for further instructions)
Expected Results
- The kernel/initrd pair boots and, via dracut, handles download of the anaconda image from the specified repository
- Dracut hands over to anaconda without error
- The installer utilizes the package repository specified on the command line