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[prairie zephyr <prairie_zephyr@xxxxxxx>]

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 <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> 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
> 
> ...