Why does the anaconda-ks.cfg file *not* reflect the packages I chose during my manual install?

[Jos Vos]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 06:59:20PM -0700, Gregory Gerard wrote:

> 4. In my naive attempt at getting this behavior to work, I did a "rpm 
> -qa >> mymachine.cfg" in order to have anaconda install the RPMs that 
> were installed when I did the original manual install (sorry, English 
> grammar is elusive right now). This just resulted in the install just 
> sitting there pegging the CPU with "Completed Completed" being the last 
> message on the console.

I think kickstart expect package names, not n-v-r lines, so maybe you
should try to put the output of "rpm -qa --qf '%{name}\n'" in the ks file.

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