[ATrpms-users] versions on old disk

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Or, you can just read the file: /var/log/rpmpkgs on your old disk.

Axel Thimm wrote at about 09:19:46 +0100 on Friday, March 9, 2007:
 > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 04:12:30PM +0800, Max Waterman wrote:
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > I decided to do a fresh FC6 install instead of upgrade, but I forgot to 
 > > make a note of what I had installed previously.
 > > 
 > > I still have the disk which I can connect to the system again. I'd 
 > > prefer not to boot from it if possible. Is there a way to get what 
 > > packages were installed?
 > > 
 > > I primarily used smart to install stuff (I still do).
 > > 
 > > Thanks.
 > > 
 > > Max.
 > 
 > You can mount the disk and chroot into the mount point. Then you have
 > effectively "booted" the disc and rpm -qa etc is giving resutls from
 > the chroot.
 > 
 > Or you can use --dbpath to rpm.
 > -- 
 > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
 > 
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