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[LUG]Re: FreeBSD call for testing
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- Subject: [LUG]Re: FreeBSD call for testing
- From: Paul Sutton <dclug@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 10:11:21 +0100
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On 08/04/2026 14:40, Simon Waters wrote:
On Tue, 2026-04-07 at 19:35 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
I know we are mostly a Linux user group, however this is sort of
related, the FreeBSD team are looking for help.
Call for testing: introducing the Laptop Integration Testing project
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/call-for-testing-introducing-the-laptop-integration-testing-project/
I was with helping them out right up to the point I needed to install
FreeBSD to main storage.
Feel that a live boot approach would be the way, especially since they
are presumably after laptops that don't work well with FreeBSD as well
as those that do.
I agree here, I am sure live cd's are designed for testing, given
that we can also mount other file systems (e.g usb sticks or log in to
say nextcloud) then once we have booted in to the live system, run
various commands to see what hardware is working, save everything to
the USB stick we want to use for data, then once booted back in to the
other OS, use that to compile and submit reports.
Even with GNU/Linux based systems it is good to know everything or the
core components work properly before booting.
I guess using a virtual machine is possible, but that may not always
give the same results as using the actual hardware.
Paul
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