08-07-2017
Technically, the 'initramfs' on the 'Live CD' should contain ALL common drivers and load modules needed for commonly found hardware and therefore should run on your box (unless you loaded third-party driver(s) at install time). Therefore, once up and running, the O/S recovery function can probe your hardware and check that the required drivers are installed and uncorrupted. The recovery function should/probably/hopefully only check for the really required drivers for your platform.
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