On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 02:58 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 09/10/2011 12:12 AM, Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 22:15 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > >> On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:02:27 -0500 > >> Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> > >>> I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso > >>> file? > >> > >> If it's an iso file, then just mount the iso and see what's listed in the > >> directory. > > ---- > > makes sense - my understanding of 'live' is that there aren't any rpm > > files at all - just a installed copy and if you choose to install it > > onto a hard disk, there's no anaconda or rpm installation but rather a > > copy of the live image to the hard drive. > > Which happens to include an RPM database that lists all of the installed > RPMs.... > > While the Live iso is booted: > > rpm -qa > > should list the installed RPMs ---- OK but I can't figure out how that is going to be helpful to someone who wants to use rpm2cpio in order to extract files from rpm files that don't actually exist on the live cd. That was the OP's intent/question. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines