Hello Bernhard First thanks for the qa test harness that checks iso installs of factory. I am writing so see if this is is possible with the qa system. Thanks for advice on this. The qa system would prove good value for testing the following. Cheers Glenn The request involves testing a built kernel {Im in the process of building the kernel}. The steps would be something like this sequence of steps. The check would run say 2 times a day. - Check the Kernel built ok [1] by searching for the string in the log "build: extracting built packages..." - If search {"build: extracting built packages..."} found continue,else stop. - copy the built kernel from obs project to qa test area. - Boot the built kernel - Check booted ok - Next open a terminal session - Check terminal session opened ok and run a sequence of commands at a prompt # modprobe -v reiser4 see output[2] # echo next allocate some unused disk to reiser4 partition # mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,compress=lzo1 /dev/sdb -fy # echo check the super block see output[3] # fsck.reiser4 --fix /dev/sdb -y # echo mount reiser4 partition on /media/disk # mkdir /media # mkdir /media/disk # mount -t reiser4 /dev/sdb /media/disk # cd /media/disk # echo untar a sample kernel # time tar -jxvf /tmp/linux-2.6.36.3.tar.bz2 # echo remove unpacked files # time rm -rf linux-2.6.36.3 # echo unmount reiser4 partition # cd / # unmount /media/disk # echo "*finished*" # exit [1] Example of build kernel location it will change at a future date. https://build.opensuse.org/package/live_build_log?arch=x86_64&package=kernel-vanilla&project=home%3Adoiggl&repository=openSUSE_Factory [2] insmod /lib/modules/2.6.36.2-56-vanilla/kernel/lib/zlib_deflate/zlib_deflate.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.36.2-56-vanilla/kernel/lib/lzo/lzo_compress.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.36.2-56-vanilla/kernel/fs/reiser4/reiser4.ko [3] ******************************************************************* This is an EXPERIMENTAL version of fsck.reiser4. Read README first. ******************************************************************* Fscking the /dev/sdb block device. Will fix minor corruptions of the Reiser4 SuperBlock. Will fix minor corruptions of the Reiser4 FileSystem. ***** fsck.reiser4 started at Mon Dec 27 16:04:57 2010 Reiser4 fs was detected on /dev/sdb. Master super block (16): magic: ReIsEr4 blksize: 4096 format: 0x0 (format40) uuid: 5602fc26-41a7-4361-b3a7-39a673679f80 label: <none> Format super block (17): plugin: format40 description: Disk-format plugin. version: 0 magic: ReIsEr40FoRmAt mkfs id: 0x62e55157 flushes: 0 blocks: 244190640 free blocks: 244183135 root block: 23 tail policy: 0x2 (smart) next oid: 0x10000 file count: 1 tree height: 2 key policy: LARGE CHECKING THE STORAGE TREE Read nodes 2 Nodes left in the tree 2 Leaves of them 1, Twigs of them 1 Time interval: Mon Dec 27 16:05:52 2010 - Mon Dec 27 16:05:52 2010 CHECKING EXTENT REGIONS. Read twigs 1 Time interval: Mon Dec 27 16:05:52 2010 - Mon Dec 27 16:05:53 2010 CHECKING THE SEMANTIC TREE Found 1 objects (some could be encountered more then once). Time interval: Mon Dec 27 16:05:53 2010 - Mon Dec 27 16:05:53 2010 ***** fsck.reiser4 finished at Mon Dec 27 16:05:53 2010 Closing fs...done FS is consistent. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org