local mirror: http://bartleby.omrf.org/knoppix.iso updated on a regular basis, Alan On Monday 05 January 2004 03:12 pm, Yasvir Tesiram wrote: > www.knoppix.net. > > i.e assuming you have a CD-ROM n the compaq. > > You will then have access to all your favorite Unix utilities for probing > hardware. > > Yas > > > Yasvir A. Tesiram > Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation > Dept. Free Radical Biology and Ageing > 825 NE 13th St, OKC, OK, 73112, USA > > P: (405) 271 7126 > F: (405) 271 1795 > E: [log in to unmask] > > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Danny G Smith wrote: > > I was given an old compaq over the holiday that I think has a bad ide > > controller on the motherboard. It is not worth a lot, but I could turn > > it into a samba server at my house. Does anybody know of any good > > freeware that could help diagnose the hardware? > > > > -- > > thanks, > > Danny G Smith > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Crystallography Core Computer Manager / Sr UNIX Sys Adm > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Crystallography Dept Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation > > phone(405)271-8954 fax(405)271-7953 dept(405)271-1672 > > ========================================================= > > UNIX air conditioned environment, keep the windows closed