From 1ef52f56cb1c9a3d5568241bd83227af336a9a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dee <97798233+dee-fox@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 13:51:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] gracefully return "undefined" if DMI is not in sysfs (#3771)

* gracefully return "undefined" if DMI is not in sysfs

fixes #3770, in theory

* None works too and is consistent with other behaviour

* None doesn't *just* work
---
 archinstall/lib/hardware.py | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/hardware.py b/archinstall/lib/hardware.py
index 12d52df4..e1278dfa 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/hardware.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/hardware.py
@@ -239,14 +239,20 @@ class SysInfo:
 		return _sys_info.cpu_info.get('model name', None)
 
 	@staticmethod
-	def sys_vendor() -> str:
-		with open('/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/sys_vendor') as vendor:
-			return vendor.read().strip()
+	def sys_vendor() -> str | None:
+		try:
+			with open('/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/sys_vendor') as vendor:
+				return vendor.read().strip()
+		except FileNotFoundError:
+			return None
 
 	@staticmethod
-	def product_name() -> str:
-		with open('/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name') as product:
-			return product.read().strip()
+	def product_name() -> str | None:
+		try:
+			with open('/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name') as product:
+				return product.read().strip()
+		except FileNotFoundError:
+			return None
 
 	@staticmethod
 	def mem_available() -> int: