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.