Re: [Hampshire] LiveCD distro reputation good device detecti…

At 23:16 20/07/2009, you wrote:
>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. :-)


Okay I could do with some info if there is better perceived hardware
detection
in desktops or laptops with either of those 3 distributions.

Any version to avoid?
I seem to remember someone on here or another list saying that a particular
distro version was better at coping with errors than another on bootup.

thanks

Martin N


Owner of the bwfc yahoogroup and Co-Moderator of MiniDisc and
amithlonopen yahoo groups.