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Description¶

Create a test that covers the installation from ISO in external drive.
Reason: Be able to detect in the future this kind of bugs boo#1040749

What should the test do?¶

• The test should have two drives. One from which the ISO will be used to install. The other one to install the OS into it.
• The test boot from an existing HDD and copy the ISO to the other HDD.
• The installation will be triggered by adding boot parameters install=hd:/sles12-sp3.iso (parameter sample, the filename may change for each build).
• At the end there is a proper installed OS.

Tasks¶

1. Prepared an isolated environment in local openQA instance¶

• Clone job with test gnome+import_ssh_keys with extra parameters ISO_IN_USB=1 NUMDISKS=2 SSH_KEY_IMPORT=0
• Add new test module console/copy_iso_to_external_drive`
• Load only these test modules when ISO_IN_EXTERNAL_DRIVE
  • loadtest "boot/boot_to_desktop";
  • loadtest 'console/copy_iso_to_external_drive';
  • load_inst_tests();
  • load_reboot_tests();

2. Prepare new test for OSD.¶

• Create new test suite in local OSD gnome_iso_from_external_drive
  • BOOTFROM=d
  • DESKTOP=gnome
  • HDD_1=sle-12-SP1-Server-DVD-x86_64-gnome.qcow2
  • ISO_IN_EXTERNAL_DRIVE=1
  • NUMDISKS=2