Hi guys,

> On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 11:48 +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Some other rescue CDs that may be of use:
> > 
> > http://www.sysresccd.org
> > 
> > http://www.lnx-bbc.org
> > 
> > http://cdlinux.berlios.de
> > 
> I always carry a Knoppix CD with me.
> Knoppix has very good hardware detection, and I can usually get a system
> booted with this and look at partitions, filesystems, re-run Lilo etc.
> 
> Another very good tool is Stresslinux.
> This is a bootable CD distribution, you can use it on a USB stick which
> I do, or you can PXE boot it.
> 
> http://www.stresslinux.org
> Stresslinux has lots of tools for motherboard diagnostics, cpuburn,
> bonnie++, smartmon, memtest

I've also used the Ultimate Boot CD:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

which I've found quite good.

Michael.