I had the owner of the system do a "rpm -qa" and redirect that to a file so that is the list I have to start with. But the second system has a bare hard drive so if I boot it to a rescue CD and bring over my rpm list I can run yum from the rescue shell to build the new system that only contains the rpms in my original list? -----Original Message----- >From: Ryan Rix >Sent: Nov 23, 2009 2:55 PM >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: loading fresh system from rpm list? > >Steven A. DuChene wrote: > >> I have been requested to load a duplicate system based on the >> list of rpms present on the original system. This is a CentOS >> based system so I looked at the kickstart file but rather than >> working with a list of rpms it uses a list of higher level >> packages that then reference groups of rpms to make up each >> package. >> >> Does anyone know of a tool that would allow me to do a fresh >> load of a bare system based on a list of desired rpms? > >On source: >rpm -qa --qf "install %{name}\n" > file.out > >On target: >yum shell file.out > >as root. > >You can trim that list to fit. It's how I did a complete reinstall of my >system when I switched harddrives, and if I understand your issue, that >should work for you. > >> >> I have used systemimager in the past to pull an exact image >> of a system for cloning but this idea has been shot down >> by the person who requested this. >> >> Any other tools out there that would do this? >> -- >> Steven DuChene > >-- >Ryan Rix >Fedora KDE SIG Member, Phoenix AZ Ambassador, News KDE Beat Writer > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss