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Does anyone know a good Linux live image for diagnosing systems? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 years ago by princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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[–] chepdamona@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Adding on to other suggestions, if you're not aware of Ventoy it's a very handy tool. Using it you can have a USB drive with several live images on it which you can choose at boot time. Great for quick testing, just drop an ISO in a folder!

[–] theolodger@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I believe the usb has to be created from Windows…

[–] chepdamona@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

What makes you think that? Their website has instructions for installation via a Linux box. https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html

[–] anzo@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago

Look no more, use this! https://www.system-rescue.org/System-tools/

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Console ArchLinux every time. Create a USB instance and then load up what you need.

You don't need a GUI.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

You don’t need a GUI.

Thanks for your opinion, but you don’t get to decide what I need. I wanted a simple distro that I was familiar with, so that I could teach it to someone with basic computer knowledge. Teaching how to use a terminal was outside the scope.

[–] c0mpost@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I know what you mean by diagnosing, but it's usually a good idea to use the same distro you're having trouble with.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Diagnosing hardware issues, which doesn’t necessarily need the same distro.