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  • From: "Jeremy Blosser (emrys)" <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] 0.9.5-test1 Release!
  • Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:53:00 -0500

On Sep 20, Eric Sandall [eric AT sandall.us] wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Jeremy Blosser (emrys) wrote:
>
> > On Sep 20, Karsten Behrmann [BearPerson AT gmx.net] wrote:
> >> Let me emphasize: we *need* testers. I want us to quit having a
> >> more-than-10-month-old ISO as soon as we can. This means we need the test
> >> series ironed out quickly.
> >>
> >> Also, we need devel testers. Right now, devel has been quiet for some
> >> days because of test coming out, but soon, there will be devel ISOs
> >> again with all the changes and features planned for the 0.9.6 stable
> >> release. They need testers too.
> >
> > Can I get a show of hands of experienced SMGL users who would like to test
> > the ISO out but feel they have no way to do so, including not having a
> > good
> > way to do a chroot to test it? Getting some test environments up (even
> > via
> > VM) is something I plan to work on soon, I'd like to gauge how important
> > it
> > really is for the developers at large so I can prioritize.
> >
> > Private replies are fine.
>
> I'd like to have a writeup on how to use chroot/UML/Xen to test an
> ISO. Almost all of my machines are in use at the moment so I can't
> spare one to reinstall on, though I do have a few spare machines
> floating around it would be nice to be able to test on my laptop when
> I have a moment here or there during the day.

I'm working on figuring out how to best use xen for this, at which point
I'll be glad to provide a HOWTO. I also recently came into some donated
hardware and will be looking at both redistributing it and using some
local machines to provide resources to SMGL developers. Ideally I'll get a
cluster of some sort set up that can provide sshd+xen for testing ISOs and
any other random stuff, but I'm just at the tinkering stage now.

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