[linuxplay_oblong] Hardware troubleshooting tools
- From: Danyl Strype <strypey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: linuxplay_oblong <linuxplay_oblong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:15:34 +1200
Kia ora koutou
With all the hardware troubles we've been having at Oblong and my own
struggles with Buster at home, I think it would be good to look at
open source hardware checking tools tommorrow. I did a quick web
search and came up with an article called 'Hardware diagnostics with
open source tools':
http://www.linux.com/articles/55366
I've also been thinking about finding an open source replacement for
my trusty Windows 98 boot floppy (other than installing Windows, I
mainly use this for fdisk and delpart). I found this Linux distro
which is designed to work off a floppy disk:
http://www.toms.net/rb/
See you tommorrow at 3pm with some ideas about Software Freedom Day.
RnB
Strypes
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