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
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