On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 16:56 +0200, Ralf Ertzinger wrote: > Surely it knows the general architecture (i386/ppc/sparc). It also > knows the specific subarch (586/686). It knows about RAM and hard disks. > > Does it known if the machine is a laptop or not? Maybe even a specific > model? We don't currently distinguish too much, we identify arch and on ppc machine type (CHRP, PReP, etc). Certainly we don't really have seperate classes for laptops/desktops, and certainly not for service/package filtering on varying hardware setups. > The reason I am asking is that during the first boot on my iBook I noticed > that a number of services was started that were completely useless on this > machine, because the hardware these services care for is nonexistant (and, > this being a notebook, can not be added, either). TiBook's have pcmcia so do G3 Lombards IIRC. You can also get USB to pcmcia converters. > Would it be possible to teach anaconda the knowledge to disable services on > machines that have no chance of needing them, ever? The correct place for this request would be in bugzilla as an RFE. Paul
