Another bonus is that ultimatebootcd includes dban, so you won't need a separate disc for that. From: tony_germano@xxxxxxxxxxx To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:32:10 -0500 Just download http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ . There are several system info tools (mostly DOS based and super fast) on there that don't require a hard drive. I've used AIDA16 very successfully for older hardware, but hasn't been updated in a while. NSSI is supposed to be pretty good at detecting new hardware. > Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:15:53 -0500 > From: tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report > > Hardinfo > http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage > > I don't think hardinfo is bootable so you would need a live CD with > hardinfo installed. Perhaps DSL live, RescueCD or Slax could be a base, > the lighter the better. I'm not sure how hardinfo reacts to proprietary > OS's. > > If you want to see hardinfo in action, boot up VL 6.0 Std, click on Menu > > System > System Profiler and Benchmark. Or check out a screen cast at > http://wiki.hardinfo.org/Screencast. > > Tom > > Chuq wrote: > > Well tonight was a pretty good night.. Present were Phil, Dan & Chuq. > > Kevin stopped by with a donation of 2 hard drives. > > Dan hung the lights over the deman table. > > Dan, Phil and myself searched for mice, and we found some.. found more > > that were ball-less though! > > Phil & I started sorting through stuff.. We have a gaylord that is > > declared Ebay for everything that we are not going to use. > > Phil & I started sorting through the optical drives and getting those > > organized. > > We then started working on hard drives. > > We managed to locate the VL 5.9 disks and the deban disks, so we now > > have 6 sets for the load table. > > I am going to look into the floppy disk assest manager program that > > has been tossed around the board for a while (hint if Mike or anyone > > else has the link readily available please send it) so we can start > > cataloging the systems. > > We need some more volunteers! We are ready to start loading. > > Ideally I think we need 1 person on loading, 2 or 3 on deman and 2 or > > 3 on organizing and possibly another to go through some of the stuff > > in the storage area. > > So if anyone knows of some people ready and willing to volunteer we > > sure could use them! > > > > Chuq > > > > Ohh BTW we need some TP for the warehouse... it seems that someone > > used the last of it and did not replace the roll! > > ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** > PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to > be in the public domain. > > To visit the main website for Free Geek Michiana go to > http://www.freegeekmichiana.org > > To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ > > You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website > at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/