optionally launch usb-creator after running in VM

Bug #507537 reported by Giles Richardson
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
TestDrive
Fix Released
Wishlist
Dustin Kirkland 
testdrive (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

i am using a old Eeepc 701 and would love to do testing but i know that this is not capable of running virtualisation. i was wondering if it was possible to have the download feature that only downloads what has changed in the .iso so i can build a bootable usb every couple of days without having to download the whole iso. also an option not to install any virtulisation should be included in instalation.

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

You simply need to use rsync or zsync against the target ISO file. Put that in a cronjob, and you'll always have a local, updated copy.

I do like the idea of optionally launching USB creator after running in the VM, though. I might add such an option at some point.

Changed in testdrive:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
summary: - no iso release only for coms that are not capable of virtulising
+ optionally launch usb-creator after running in VM
Changed in testdrive:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
Changed in testdrive (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
Changed in testdrive:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package testdrive - 1.22-0ubuntu1

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testdrive (1.22-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * testdrive:
    - fix run() return value checking, LP: #525438
    - more graceful error if ISO url 404's, LP: #491600
    - remove unnecessary warning when running VB, LP: #486884
    - offer to launch usb-creator after running VM, LP: #507537
    - add a -v|--version option, LP: #526548
    - unconditional print message about cleaning cache, LP: #526546
    - fix typo, LP: #526570
    - clean up output and prompt at the end of a desktop run
  * testdrive-select-iso, doc/testdrive-select-iso.1, debian/install,
    debian/rules:
    - move this file into testdrive, now that testdrive is in python too
  * testdriverc: quote sample CACHE value, LP: #524241
  * debian/control:
    - allow for non-free virtualbox in package dependencies, LP: #524704
    - drop suggests of testdrivegtk package, LP: #526490
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:31:34 -0600

Changed in testdrive (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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