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On Jan 29, 2008, at 17:25, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:40:50PM -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote: >> The equivalent of 'dpkg --get/set-selections' would be 'rpm -qa > >> packagelist', then 'yum -y install $(cat packagelist)'. But with a >> kickstart, we can be even craftier, because we can actually get all >> those bits installed at installation time, rather than after first >> boot, >> by simply putting that package listing into a kickstart file. And to >> preempt any "but you can't install mpplayer that way" madness, yes, >> you >> can, because anaconda (and kickstart files) support specifying yum >> repos >> on the 'net at installation time that will be used to install bits >> not >> right on the isos. Honestly, kickstart is WAAAY more powerful than >> this >> little dpkg trick. :) > > If you want FAI, it's over here: > http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ > > and see packages fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc, etc. > > The little dpkg trick is quick and clean and good for personal > machines.
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