But shure (at least, generally speaking), it would not be to hard to get anaconda to *ask* whether the machine was a laptop or not? tir, 26.10.2004 kl. 17.16 skrev Paul Nasrat: > 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
