Author: James Ashburner Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] LiveCD distro reputation good device detection
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 :)
