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