From: "Steven A. DuChene" <
linux-clusters@mindspring.com>
> 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
If it's CentOS/Redhat/Fedora, take the original install log, which
should be in /root/anaconda-ks.cfg , then use that as a base to
create the new machine's kickstart file. Or do "yum list installed"
and get a list of all the packages that yum knows about. There's
probably something similar for up2date. This may not work if you
have things that were installed without yum's knowledge.
> 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?
I've got a kickstart file here that creates a fairly minimal
system. Put together something like that, then put the RPMs you
want somewhere, and do "rpm -U *.rpm" on those. But I'd go for
the option in the first paragraph myself.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows
The Crow202 Blog:
http://crow202.org/wordpress/
There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
---------------------------------------------------
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
(text/plain)