COMP 3000 2011 Report: Inquisitor - Revision history

Atchekan at 21:51, 13 December 2011

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	~~=Part 3=~~
	='''References'''=		='''References'''=
	<references />		<references />

Atchekan at 00:01, 9 December 2011

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	=Part 1=		=Part 1=
	== '''Background''' ==		== '''Background''' ==
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	* All of the kernel ring buffer messages are then dumped using the ''dmesg'' command.		* All of the kernel ring buffer messages are then dumped using the ''dmesg'' command.

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Atchekan at 23:34, 8 December 2011

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Atchekan at 20:32, 8 December 2011

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	==='''What packaging format and utilities are used?'''===		==='''What packaging format and utilities are used?'''===
	There are 2 utilities that are used for package management:		There are 2 utilities that are used for package management:
	# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Synaptic] is a graphical package management tool that comes ~~preinstalled~~ with the distribution. It allows the user to view, install, remove, and upgrade software packages (Figure 4).		# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Synaptic] is a graphical package management tool that comes pre-installed with the distribution. It allows the user to view, install, remove, and upgrade software packages (Figure 4).
	# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool Advanced Packaging Tool] (APT) is a command line terminal based packaging tool that has been modified to also work with RPM via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apt-rpm APT-RPM].		# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool Advanced Packaging Tool] (APT) is a command line terminal based packaging tool that has been modified to also work with RPM via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apt-rpm APT-RPM].
	==='''How can you use these utilities to get a list of installed packages?'''===		==='''How can you use these utilities to get a list of installed packages?'''===

Atchekan at 21:35, 7 December 2011

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	<p>Synaptic (software). (November 2nd 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Wikipedia]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>		<p>Synaptic (software). (November 2nd 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Wikipedia]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>
	<p>Advanced Packaging Tool. (December 2nd 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool APT]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>		<p>Advanced Packaging Tool. (December 2nd 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool APT]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>
	<p>Program Installation and Uninstallation (Package Management). (n.d.). [http://docs.altlinux.org/archive/2.3/compact/alt-docs-compact-en/ch03s09.html ALTLinux Docs]. Retrieved ~~October~~ 11th 2011</p>		<p>Program Installation and Uninstallation (Package Management). (n.d.). [http://docs.altlinux.org/archive/2.3/compact/alt-docs-compact-en/ch03s09.html ALTLinux Docs]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>
	<p>Debian APT Tutorial. (November, 2002). [http://linuxgazette.net/issue84/tougher.html#1 linuxgazette]. Retrieved November 13th 2011</p>		<p>Debian APT Tutorial. (November, 2002). [http://linuxgazette.net/issue84/tougher.html#1 linuxgazette]. Retrieved November 13th 2011</p>
	<p>Package Management Cheatsheet. (2011). [http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management Distrowatch]. Retrieved November 13th 2011</p>		<p>Package Management Cheatsheet. (2011). [http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management Distrowatch]. Retrieved November 13th 2011</p>

Atchekan at 21:33, 7 December 2011

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	='''References'''=		='''References'''=
	<references />		<references />
	<p>~~Official Website for~~ Inquisitor. [http://www.inquisitor.ru/ Inquisitor] </p>		<p>Inquisitor. (n.d.). [http://www.inquisitor.ru/ Inquisitor]. Retrieved October 10th 2011</p>
	<p>Inquisitor News and Updates. [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Inquisitor Distrowatch]</p>		<p>Inquisitor News and Updates. (July 27th 2011). [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Inquisitor Distrowatch]. Retrieved October 10th 2011</p>
	<p>Inquisitor ~~wiki page~~. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitor_%28hardware_testing_software%29 Wikipedia]</p>		<p>Inquisitor (hardware testing software). (July 11th 2011‎). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitor_%28hardware_testing_software%29 Wikipedia]. Retrieved October 10th 2011</p>
	<p>RPM ~~wiki page~~. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager ~~RPM~~]</p>		<p>RPM Package Manager. (December 4th 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager Wikipedia]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>
	<p>Synaptic ~~wiki page~~. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager ~~Synaptic~~]</p>		<p>Synaptic (software). (November 2nd 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Wikipedia]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>
	<p>~~APT wiki page~~. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool APT]</p>		<p>Advanced Packaging Tool. (December 2nd 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool APT]. Retrieved November 11th 2011</p>
	<p>~~ALT Linux documentation on package management~~. [http://docs.altlinux.org/archive/2.3/compact/alt-docs-compact-en/ch03s09.html ALTLinux Docs]</p>		<p>Program Installation and Uninstallation (Package Management). (n.d.). [http://docs.altlinux.org/archive/2.3/compact/alt-docs-compact-en/ch03s09.html ALTLinux Docs]. Retrieved October 11th 2011</p>
	<p>APT Tutorial. [http://linuxgazette.net/issue84/tougher.html#1 ~~APT~~]</p>		<p>Debian APT Tutorial. (November, 2002). [http://linuxgazette.net/issue84/tougher.html#1 linuxgazette]. Retrieved November 13th 2011</p>
	<p>Package Management ~~Commands~~. [http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management Distrowatch]</p>		<p>Package Management Cheatsheet. (2011). [http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management Distrowatch]. Retrieved November 13th 2011</p>
	<p>HOWTO Linux Boot Process. [http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch07_:_The_Linux_Boot_Process#The_Linux_Boot_Sequence ~~Linux Home Networking~~]</p>		<p>Quick HOWTO : Ch07 : The Linux Boot Process. (November 15th 2010). [http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch07_:_The_Linux_Boot_Process#The_Linux_Boot_Sequence linuxhomenetworking]. Retrieved November 13th 2011</p>
	<p>Sisyphus ~~Software Repository~~. [http://sisyphus.ru/en/ ~~Sisyphus~~]</p>		<p>Sisyphus repository. (December 6th 2011). [http://sisyphus.ru/en/ sisyphus]. Retrieved November 14th 2011</p>
	<p>Preboot Execution Environment. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment ~~PXE~~]</p>		<p>Preboot Execution Environment. (October 25th 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment wikipedia]. Retrieved November 14th 2011</p>
	<p>initrd ~~wiki page~~. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd ~~Wikipedia~~]</p>		<p>initrd. (November 27th 2011). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd wikipedia]. Retrieved November 14th 2011</p>

Atchekan at 21:01, 7 December 2011

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	* Michail Pishchagin		* Michail Pishchagin
	==='''How To Get It'''===		==='''How To Get It'''===
	~~Inquisitor<ref name = "Inquisitor">~~[http://www.inquisitor.ru/ Inquisitor]~~: Inquisitor website.</ref>~~ may be obtained via the official [http://www.inquisitor.ru/download.html website]. Currently it seems that only a direct download is available, but there is a heading for BitTorrent, so who knows it may also be available as an option in the future. There are several 'flavors' to choose from; there is a standalone version, a live version, and an enterprise version.		[http://www.inquisitor.ru/ Inquisitor] may be obtained via the official [http://www.inquisitor.ru/download.html website]. Currently it seems that only a direct download is available, but there is a heading for BitTorrent, so who knows it may also be available as an option in the future. There are several 'flavors' to choose from; there is a standalone version, a live version, and an enterprise version.
	* ''Standalone version'', installs into whatever Linux OS system you are currently running by modifying a configuration makefile with your current system parameters. This is probably the best for "demonstrating and learning Inquisitor" as stated by the people working on the distribution.		* ''Standalone version'', installs into whatever Linux OS system you are currently running by modifying a configuration makefile with your current system parameters. This is probably the best for "demonstrating and learning Inquisitor" as stated by the people working on the distribution.
	* ''Live version'', is a Linux Live CD option that allows you to boot straight from the CD/DVD. A good choice for those that are afraid to accidentally mess something up on their system when running destructive testing and for those that don't have a Linux OS installed on their machine.		* ''Live version'', is a Linux Live CD option that allows you to boot straight from the CD/DVD. A good choice for those that are afraid to accidentally mess something up on their system when running destructive testing and for those that don't have a Linux OS installed on their machine.
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	== '''Usage Evaluation''' ==		== '''Usage Evaluation''' ==
	From my experience I think that the distribution does everything that it had promised on it's website and then some. I found it very easy to install and come to terms with, and the ability to create and modify existing test cases was simple and fairly straight forward thanks to the provided documentation that kept things concise and not overly complicated. The basics are there, and are enough to lay the foundation for whatever test case module you may want to create provided you have some background experience in programming and know what it is that you want to do.		From my experience I think that the distribution does everything that it had promised on it's website and then some. I found it very easy to install and come to terms with, and the ability to create and modify existing test cases was simple and fairly straight forward thanks to the provided documentation that kept things concise and not overly complicated. The basics are there, and are enough to lay the foundation for whatever test case module you may want to create provided you have some background experience in programming and know what it is that you want to do.
	~~== '''References''' ==~~
	~~<references />~~
	~~<p>[http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Inquisitor DistroWatch.com: Inquisitor]</p>~~
	~~<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitor_%28hardware_testing_software%29 Inquisitor wiki page]</p>~~
	=Part 2=		=Part 2=
	=='''Software Packaging'''==		=='''Software Packaging'''==
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	* The firewall is started via the ''/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall'' script as well as some others (what looks to be related to specific run-levels allthough I am not sure).		* The firewall is started via the ''/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall'' script as well as some others (what looks to be related to specific run-levels allthough I am not sure).
	* All of the kernel ring buffer messages are then dumped using the ''dmesg'' command.		* All of the kernel ring buffer messages are then dumped using the ''dmesg'' command.
	=='''References'''==		=Part 3=
			='''References'''=
	<references />		<references />
	<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~RPM_Package_Manager~~ RPM wiki page]</p>		<p>Official Website for Inquisitor. [http://www.inquisitor.ru/ Inquisitor] </p>
	<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Synaptic ~~wiki page~~]</p>		<p>Inquisitor News and Updates. [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Inquisitor Distrowatch]</p>
	<p>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool APT ~~wiki page~~]</p>		<p>Inquisitor wiki page. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitor_%28hardware_testing_software%29 Wikipedia]</p>
	<p>[http://docs.altlinux.org/archive/2.3/compact/alt-docs-compact-en/ch03s09.html ~~ALT Linux documentation on package management~~]</p>		<p>RPM wiki page. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager RPM]</p>
	<p>[http://linuxgazette.net/issue84/tougher.html#1 APT ~~Turorial~~]</p>		<p>Synaptic wiki page. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_Package_Manager Synaptic]</p>
	<p>http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management</p>		<p>APT wiki page. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool APT]</p>
	<p>http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch07_:_The_Linux_Boot_Process#The_Linux_Boot_Sequence</p>		<p>ALT Linux documentation on package management. [http://docs.altlinux.org/archive/2.3/compact/alt-docs-compact-en/ch03s09.html ALTLinux Docs]</p>
	<p>http://sisyphus.ru/en/</p>		<p>APT Tutorial. [http://linuxgazette.net/issue84/tougher.html#1 APT]</p>
	~~=Part 3=~~		<p>Package Management Commands. [http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management Distrowatch]</p>
			<p>HOWTO Linux Boot Process. [http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch07_:_The_Linux_Boot_Process#The_Linux_Boot_Sequence Linux Home Networking]</p>
			<p>Sisyphus Software Repository. [http://sisyphus.ru/en/ Sisyphus]</p>
			<p>Preboot Execution Environment. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment PXE]</p>
			<p>initrd wiki page. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd Wikipedia]</p>

Atchekan at 20:58, 6 December 2011

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	* The rewrite speed was 95416 bits per second. Tested by rewriting a "corrupted" block using read(), write(), and lseek().		* The rewrite speed was 95416 bits per second. Tested by rewriting a "corrupted" block using read(), write(), and lseek().
	* Bits are read from a file at a speed of 53328 bits per second. The file is read using getc().		* Bits are read from a file at a speed of 53328 bits per second. The file is read using getc().

			=== '''Trial Test Case 2''' ===
			{\| style="float: right;"
			\|[[File:Dhrystone_Test.png\|right\|thumb\|Figure 6 - Dhrystone test results]]
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			This test case was a single test, that checked my CPU integer performance. For this purpose Inquisitor uses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhrystone Dhrystone] benchmark. The C version. This benchmark tries to imitate the processor usage of some common set of programs. The result is output in terms of million instructions per second (MIPS). Which is useful to find out how the CPU is performing in comparison to how it should be performing based on information that can be found out from various chip manufacturer websites. To do this in Inquisitor you simply need to select the "single" testing option from the main menu (Figure 1) by pressing "S" on the keyboard followed by enter. Then you would be presented with the single test main menu (Figure 4). Here simply make sure that the test named "dhrystone" is selected and press enter. If you want, you can adjust the duration of the test in seconds. If you choose to do so the result will then have to be divided by the number of seconds to determine the number of instructions per second. The test will begin and after it is done the results are displayed (Figure 6). The results show that - in my case - the CPU is able to perform, roughly, 6 million instructions per second.

	As you can see the test is useful, easy to run, and fast.		As you can see the test is useful, easy to run, and fast.

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 I did not encounter any problems. Although with some of the more time consuming tests it would have been nice to see some kind of an update on what is currently happening, in order to eliminate any suspicion that the system has hung. The only other gripe I had was with the 'View test results' constantly returning me not to the menu from which I came, but to the main menu. This forces the user to go back to wherever he/she was each and every single time. Having an option to 'Exit' once everything was done would have been nice.
 == '''Usage Evaluation''' ==
 From my experience I think that the distribution does everything that it had promised on it's website and then some. I found it very easy to install and come to terms with, and the ability to create and modify existing test cases was simple and fairly straight forward thanks to the provided documentation that kept things concise and not overly complicated. The basics are there, and are enough to lay the foundation for whatever test case module you may want to create provided you have some background experience in programming and know what it is that you want to do.

Atchekan at 17:10, 6 December 2011

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	* ''Standalone version'', installs into whatever Linux OS system you are currently running by modifying a configuration makefile with your current system parameters. This is probably the best for "demonstrating and learning Inquisitor" as stated by the people working on the distribution.		* ''Standalone version'', installs into whatever Linux OS system you are currently running by modifying a configuration makefile with your current system parameters. This is probably the best for "demonstrating and learning Inquisitor" as stated by the people working on the distribution.
	* ''Live version'', is a Linux Live CD option that allows you to boot straight from the CD/DVD. A good choice for those that are afraid to accidentally mess something up on their system when running destructive testing and for those that don't have a Linux OS installed on their machine.		* ''Live version'', is a Linux Live CD option that allows you to boot straight from the CD/DVD. A good choice for those that are afraid to accidentally mess something up on their system when running destructive testing and for those that don't have a Linux OS installed on their machine.
	* ''Enterprise version'', allows the user to setup a dedicated testing server that would allow any computer to boot from the network using the PXE protocol in order to test multiple computers on a regular basis.		* ''Enterprise version'', allows the user to setup a dedicated testing server that would allow any computer to boot from the network using the preboot execution environment ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment PXE]) protocol in order to test multiple computers on a regular basis. The PXE protocol is an environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of data storage devices (like hard disks) or the OS. This protocol broadcasts to the network a packet that will identify and find the locations of other computers on the network that need to be bootstrapped. Once done the machines at the various IP points will then be able to, via the trivial file transfer protocol ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol TFTP]), download a network bootstrap program ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment#Network_bootstrap_program NBP]) into random-access memory ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory RAM]) and run it.
	==='''How Large is it'''===		==='''How Large is it'''===
	The size of each of the aforementioned 'flavors' is relatively small and only took a couple of minutes to download via my connection at home. The distribution is zipped, and version 3.0 is under a megabyte in size. When unzipped it is just under 2 megabytes (1.95). The iso for the Live CD version of the distribution is 131 megabytes for 32-bit systems, and 135 megabytes for 64-bit systems.		The size of each of the aforementioned 'flavors' is relatively small and only took a couple of minutes to download via my connection at home. The distribution is zipped, and version 3.0 is under a megabyte in size. When unzipped it is just under 2 megabytes (1.95). The iso for the Live CD version of the distribution is 131 megabytes for 32-bit systems, and 135 megabytes for 64-bit systems.