On Monday 20 July 2009 23:05:47 James Ashburner wrote: > trotter wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I work in a computer workshop and often get PCs in with weird windows > > install problems. > > > > I was thinking if someone could suggest a LiveCD distribution that has a > > good reputation for a wide range of device detection. Then i would have a > > cd that could > > proove that the hardware was working and it was likely to be a driver or > > other software problem. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Feel free to suggest something that works better on laptops than desktops > > and vice versa since latops are custom build in comparison to off the > > shelf desktop parts. > > > > Thanks > > > > Martin N > > > > > > Owner of the bwfc yahoogroup and Co-Moderator of MiniDisc and > > amithlonopen yahoo groups. > > PCLinuxOS would be my choice, though I'm sure plenty here will suggest > Ubuntu :)
And then there is Knoppix..... And Puppy.... PCLOS, Knoppix and Puppy are the ones I find myself actually using for that type of purpose. Puppy is good for comparatively low-resourced computers. But if I am only taking one with me, that one is Knoppix. :-) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
