Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Michael Hampicke
But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters layout, etc. Some days ago I was using the parted magic live cd [1]. It had a tool that listed all hardware in a nice fashion. I don't recall it's name

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:54:19 -0500 Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Michael Hampicke gentoo-u...@hadt.biz wrote: But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters layout, etc. Some days ago I was using the parted magic live cd [1]. It

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 10:18 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Michael Hampicke gentoo-u...@hadt.biz wrote: But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters

[gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters layout, etc. It's gotta be a Live CD because the boxes currently installed are running either VMware or

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters layout, etc. It's gotta be a Live

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Andrew Tchernoivanov
I use SystemRescueCD and a tool called AIDA. It shows hardware information in more friendly way by using ncurses. And also there is no need to boot LiveCD itself - it stars form grub. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 12:58 PM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 1:50 PM, Andrew Tchernoivanov tchernoiva...@gmail.com wrote: I use SystemRescueCD and a tool called AIDA. It shows hardware information in more friendly way by using ncurses. And also there is no need to boot LiveCD itself - it stars form grub. Ah, thank you! I'll still burn a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Andrew Tchernoivanov
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Ah, thank you! I'll still burn a CD, though. Much easier to reboot from a CD than having to edit grub in 10+ boxes. Rgds, You could also use unetbootin to make bootable USB-stick. -- С уважением, Черноиванов Андрей

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 2:29 PM, Andrew Tchernoivanov tchernoiva...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Ah, thank you! I'll still burn a CD, though. Much easier to reboot from a CD than having to edit grub in 10+ boxes. Rgds, You could also