Hardware Detection

[Brian Kelsay]

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:55 am, Brian Kelsay wrote:
> 
>>Only problem with installing something like the full blown Knoppix for me
>>is if I don't have a CDRW in a PC, I get all this extra software installed,
>>same w/ TV card and other devices.  
> 
> Yeah, same problem here.  I can understand having things like mkisofs on a 
> system without a burner, but not cdrecord.  In SuSE, every time I run the 
> package manager (part of YaST), I have to lock out ISDN adapters, TV tuners, 
> Nokia Cell Phones, Palm Pilots, and a bunch of other stuff.  They definitely 
> need to work at not requiring that stuff just because you installed the 
> calendar and address book, and at checking to see if the hardware is actually 
> there before they install the software for it.

I despise all that Palm stuff loading when I have no Palm device.

>>The other problem is that, as far as I 
>>know, once you install to disk, you lose the autodection of hardware.  So
>>If you plan on putting a device in the PC, you should do so before install
>>to make your life easier.

> RedHat has Anaconda (I think) that does hardware detection.  It can be run at 
> every boot for a morphic configuration a la Win98 (BAD) or on demand 
> (better), but it does not detect new hardware as thoroughly or as well as the 
> installers currently do.

I think RH uses Kudzu.  Knoppix also uses it, but it won't run at bootup 
after install.  I think RH 8&9 and Mandrake would do this.

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