I just finished a testcase: Alternate Install (Encryption) | Ubuntu QA that
failed but its probably my fault: my ppc mac won't usb boot (FireWire bootable)
but I was hoping lubuntu on a flash drive via yaboot might - nope, a waste of
time.
Just then your mail came in so: What I didn't realize as a new tester:
a test case usually demands a whole disk install (my mac side is easily
backed up with CCC but I haven't been ready to trash my lubuntu system since
the (free) backup options I've looked at don't seem like reliable system
backups). I have volumes on a FireWire drive I could devote to testing but the
testcase requires wiping the entire drive. This makes testing a ppc image a bit
more of a sacrifice since usb flash drives are so cheap, firewire not so much.
I don't see much sense in running the ppc image in a VBox on an Intel Mac (an
option for me) since its the ppc hardware it seems to me that's the main
problem to test against (is this a valid assumption? I'm interested in having
ppc images available & working. x86 is well tested against by comparison). I
couldn't get qemu going on the ubuntu side of my ppc to run tests that way - is
a VirtualBox just as good for testing images?
I did learn a lot by running the encrypted LVM test for lubuntu so I've
decided I can wipe my previous lubuntustudio partitions for testing knowing
I'll get it better by starting out with LVM next time. I do have an old 10GB
disk I was considering swapping in & out of a firewire box just for testing but
rather I'll erase my ppc hard drive for these 3 alt-lubuntu testcases and start
over. My linux yaboot option got messed up from testing ubuntu server and again
by this alt-lubuntu to usb install anyway. It is a bit of a leap of faith to
wipe my ppc mac but I'll learn something.
On 2013-04-06, at 3:00 PM, Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Aere,
>
> it's always good to get new testers on board! I know that the wiki page for
> Testing [1] can seem a lot to take on board at one reading, it holds a lot of
> background information and is split into various sections, which will then
> take you to other sections that provide fuller detail. I'd suggest you and
> any other new comers head directly to the iso-testing [2] section which is
> linked to from our Testing section on lubuntu. We have done a lot of work to
> set the wiki areas up to be as new comer friendly as we can. We always value
> input from new comers as to the layout and any FAQ's you'd like to be on the
> wiki areas. We have held a series of classroom sessions on testing, bug
> reporting etc. [3] and will be doing some more come 13.04. In addition, Nick
> has done some video presentations which he'd be more than happy to get you
> the links for.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing
> 2. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
> 3. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom
>
> ...
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