Hi,
OK... I'll do it... I've had really good results with Ubuntu 9 live CD.
I've also used Puppy and Knoppix successfully but I do tend to find Puppy less easy to get on with than Ubuntu.
Cheers,
Paul.
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Ashburner <hantslug@???>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:05:47
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List<hampshire@???>
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 :)
James
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