On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 09:14:47AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Diego Iastrubni wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Hi, Amos, > >> I was very pleased with the hardware recognition of Knoppix (I > >>think it was version 3.2). Out of curiosity I checked it on several > >>computers. Lately I tried PClinuxOS-NV (Mandrake), which was also good. > >>But neither was 100% perfect. > >>You may wish to try a couple of such CD's to make sure (hopefully) that > >>everything is recognized. > >> > >> > >JFYI, they have differnet HW detection code, so it's a good idea to test > >them both. > > > > Yes, that's more or less what I had in mind. > > But apart from the HW detection - once the system is up and running > from a live CD - is there a particular recommanded procedure I should > run in order to check the hardware? Anything beyond "dmesg"? Any tool > particularly made for these distros? > > Thanks, > > --Amos > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Amos, Sorry that I cannot answer your last question. But I recall a detail about PClinux, which may be worth sharing: On boot, you are given the option to login as guiest or as root, AND ARE ASKED FOR A PASSWORD. This is the same as the login name, ie gust for guest/ root for root. Good luck again, Avraham
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