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Description
A very basic test to ensure the installer kernel boots.
How to test
- Load the kernel/initrd by any of these methods:
- Burn and boot the
boot.iso
CD image - Fetch the
kernel
andinitrd
images listed in.treeinfo
and add them to an existing/etc/grub.conf
- Burn and boot the
- Allow the bootloader to load and start the kernel
Expected Results
- The kernel starts
- A whole lot of messages scroll by, including lines like these:
Linux version 3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16.x86_64 (mockbuild@x86-02.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.6.1 20110824 (Red Hat 4.6.1-8) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Sep 16 12:26:22 UTC 2011
Unpacking initramfs...
- The kernel finds the initrd and starts
/init
- this will be indicated by line like this:Starting Anaconda version 16.19.