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Old 05-14-2008
UNIX distribution for hardware checking

Hello, does anyone knows about any distribution that can make (or provides the tools) all kind of hardware tests? Tests like I/O, CPU execution, RAM, etc...
Any kind of "tools" that does this via a Linux Live-CD would be appreciated as well.

Thanks a lot.
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Old 05-16-2008
Do you mean real UNIX or x86 stuff?

IBM and HP have media for offline diagnostics.
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