list of rpms in iso file

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 11:50 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> On 09/10/2011 11:35 AM, Craig White wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> He can't.  The RPMs on the live CD have already been extracted, and
> don't exist as an RPM on the liveCD.  If you do an "install" from the
> live CD, all it does is copy of the disk image to your hard drive.  The
> best he can do is get a list of the RPMs which *were installed* on the
> live CD and extract them from another source (like the install DVD or
> possibly from a downloaded RPM (see yumdownloader)).
----
I think I covered that in my original answer which many people have now
interjected with irrelevant 'helpful' replies.

Craig


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