On 8/3/07, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>
> > Some second thought here. There are no .rpm packages because this is
> > a Live CD, and you aren't supposed to add to what is already
> > installed. I can live with that, but it was somewhat disconcerting
> > when the list of installed packages could not be generated.
>
> I was just in the process of asking you what you expected to find.
>
> I guess the install from livecd probably duplicates itself on its victim?
> If so, you can see the list of rpms comprising the livecd via
> rpm -qa
>
> Is that not what you are looking to find out?
Aside from a bombardment of on-screen errors while booting, first
major disappointment with Live CD F7 was that "rpm -qa" bombed out
with a database error:
rpmdb: Program version 4.3 doesn't match environment version
Fixed in Rawhide version 7.9
> I installed f7 a couple days ago on my x86_64, and am happy with it.
> Also played with the livecd a bit, and it seems pretty nice, too.
>
> One major promise that I think they came out good on was making wireless
> 'just work' -- I don't know yet whether they actually got close to
> _that_, but it sure does *suck much less*. :-)
Would have tried it on a new x86_64 laptop but I had to return it
because they sent me the wrong thing, not the one I thought I had
ordered. Maybe it will be here in time for the Aug 11 InstallFest.
carl
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