On Sat, 30 Jul 2011, Jack Allen wrote:

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> Hello:
> 	I have installed sl6 and have the anaconda-ks.cfg file which has all
> the packages that were installed originally. I had to add a few more via yum
> later to get things setup the way I wanted it. Now I would like to copy the
> anaconda-ks.cfg file and add the additional packages so it can be used to
> setup another system just like this one during the install.
>
> 	So the question is how can I determine what is currently installed
> based on package names and/or groups with plus and/or minus certain packages

   rpm -qa

This will list all rpms that are currently installed.

There is also system-config-kickstart which will create a new kickstart 
file based on the "current" install.

> to be able to update the kickstart file?
>
> Thanks:
> 	Jack Allen
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-Connie Sieh