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Re: Call for Ubuntu Boot testing

 

Hello, This is the bootchart with staging PPA. Some horrifying messages in
during the boot though ;) No graphical Ubuntu progress bar, some red FAIL
lines passed also, but everything seems to work.

br,
 Jarkko

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Robbie Williamson <robbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> And if you are feeling insane...you can check out the "make it faster bits"
> here:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-boot/+archive/staging
>
>
> On 09/09/2009 07:08 AM, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > Are you running Karmic Alpha 5, or an even-more up to date Karmic?
> >
> > Are you feeling adventurous?
> >
> > Then I could do with your help testing some boot updates.
> >
> >
> > Firstly though, I would ask that if you have coursework or homework due
> > really soon; or something else that you really urgently need to do with
> > your computer, that you pass this by.  While I'm pretty confident things
> > will work, if they don't, Murphy's law says they won't for you.
> >
> > Secondly if you're using network filesystems, please don't try this just
> > yet - I'll follow up when the necessary update for those is ready.
> >
> >
> > What you need to do:
> >
> >  - Install bootchart and reboot.
> >
> >  - Check that this gives you a baseline bootchart in /var/log/bootchart.
> >
> >  - Add the ubuntu-boot PPA to your APT config:
> >
> >       echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-boot/ppa/ubuntu karmic
> main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-boot-ppa
> >
> >         apt-get update
> >
> >  - If you're running up to date Karmic, you can just "upgrade" from
> >    here; otherwise something like the following should work:
> >
> >       apt-get install anacron at avahi-daemon cron dbus hal hostname \
> >               module-init-tools network-manager procps rsyslog \
> >               initscripts sysvinit-utils sysv-rc udev upstart
> >
> >  - Make sure the install/upgrade is successful.
> >
> >  - Reboot again.
> >
> >  - Obviously check that it boots, and that you get a new bootchart
> >    in /var/log/bootchart
> >
> >  - Mail *both* of these bootcharts to me (or the ubuntu-boot ML if you
> >    want to share)
> >
> > Scott
> >
>
>
> --
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