BandiPat wrote:
On Thursday 11 August 2005 01:57 am, Felix Miata wrote:
It is a great diagnostic tool, because it works such a high percent of the time to prove something difficult to prove otherwise, which is whether particular hardware works or not, and without "installing" anything whatsoever, or requiring futzing with hardware/BIOS settings.
That still only makes it a good diagnostic tool, Felix. It might be great to someone wanting to install Debian or a form of Debian. What have you proved, if you still can't install or run the distro you want on the machine?
It proves the distro he's trying to install is a problem (broken as installed) on his hardware but not a problem for his hardware with some other distro. That's half the battle to someone who otherwise couldn't tell where to begin looking for a solution. -- "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Matthew 6:27 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** Rotary ONLY since 1973 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ <- More than just a FAQ