Re: Expect for d-I tests

2004-07-08 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Petter Reinholdtsen schrieb: I suspect it will be easier with bochs, as qemu is missing a feature. bochs can use the 'term' console driver, and then use normal stdin and stdout as the console. This console would be easy to control using expect. Sounds interesting for test automation. Since a few

Re: Expect for d-I tests

2004-07-08 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Colin Watson] > Wouldn't it be much easier to pre-seed the debconf database so that the > questions aren't asked in the first place? Depends on the purpose. If the point is to install automatically, yes. If the point is to test the installation, no. :) For qemu/bochs installs, the latter make

RE: Expect for d-I tests

2004-07-08 Thread Viti Davide
>> Is not very clear to me how to interact with d-I via qemu. > >I suspect it will be easier with bochs, as qemu is missing a >feature. Do you know if is in the whishlist of future qemu releases? >bochs can use the 'term' console driver, and then use >normal stdin and stdout as the console. T

Re: Expect for d-I tests

2004-07-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 10:44:35AM +0200, Viti Davide wrote: > I'd like to play with expect in order to drive an automatic > installation; Wouldn't it be much easier to pre-seed the debconf database so that the questions aren't asked in the first place? -- Colin Watson

Re: Expect for d-I tests

2004-07-08 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Viti Davide] > Is not very clear to me how to interact with d-I via qemu. I suspect it will be easier with bochs, as qemu is missing a feature. bochs can use the 'term' console driver, and then use normal stdin and stdout as the console. This console would be easy to control using expect. You w

Expect for d-I tests

2004-07-08 Thread Viti Davide
Hi, I'd like to play with expect in order to drive an automatic installation; last night I managed to do a full install of tc1 using qemu. Can anyone point me in the right direction (links, examples...whatever)... My first goal would be to start an installation with "linux26". Is not very clear to