Features that would be interesting in a laptop installation class though are: -enable powernow and speedstep module by default -enable cpufreqd by default and make it easy to configure it -make sure pcmcia and usb are loaded BEFORE network - too many times have i needed to restart my network because of that (so easy to fix as well)
Cheers, Emmanuel On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 11:09, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 22:32, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > > >>I know it's kind of late in the game and it's been discussed before but I > >>was wondering if we could have a "Laptop Installation" class. For now, all > >>it would have to be is: a kernel with ACPI enable and things like SCSI and > >>other stuff not found in laptops turned off. Then for software, just > enable > >>ACPI by default and install/configure the suspend scripts. Currently, > as an > >>(ignorant) user, I have to make sure to enable ACPI during install, and > >>remember to install the other scripts post install... > > > > > > SCSI turned off? I'm not entirely sure how it works, but would that > > cause any inconvenience for, for example, a USB2 CDRW drive? > > And USB flash drivers, usb-storage camers, PCMCIA-SCSI cards (we have > one, though it currently only gets used under Windows, but still ...) > > And don't DrakX and drakboot install the necessary packages if you use > them to enable ACPI? I haven't had to mess with any things. > > Really, I don't see that you can differentiate between laptops and any > other machines (besides possibly the hard disk patch ...), since a > number of laptops now ship with >1GB ram, and many users do development > work with many server components installed ... > > It would be nice though to have DrakX detect laptops, and install > relevant packages (such as tpctl, tpb etc etc), but a lot of the > packages are in contrib anyway. > > Features I *would* like to see are things like the ability for diskdrake > to create a suspend-to-disk partition on laptops with a compatible BIOS. > > Regards, > Buchan > > - -- > |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/L4JqrJK6UGDSBKcRAprCAKDKuENtO2y/HJYcz4T817p+QE/6iACfXIdK > mGsWRl4ESfaJHs47Jl6jP/g= > =3lfY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ****************************************************************** > Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our > e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. > ****************************************************************** >
