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[-] c0mpost@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 1 year ago

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 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

True. And use chroot ;) then you can apt update, etc. If the problem is on the distro itself (e.g. not a failing hard drive)

[-] anzo@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago
[-] Alami@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Aaah glad they're still kicking! This sends me way back..., a time when burning CDs was the thing

[-] princessnorah 1 points 1 year ago

How did I not see this until now? I used this back in the day too! Thank you :)

[-] chepdamona@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

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 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] chepdamona@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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

I'd go with a live image of whatever distro you're most familiar with. I usually go with the arch iso or endeavor os if I need a GUI.

[-] kylian0087@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well arch is one psrticulair i would not keep on a USB. The issue comes when you need to use it after some months. And it is then very outdated

[-] pranqster@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

I've been using Knoppix for this purpose for like the last 2 decades.

[-] tvcvt@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Depends what you’re after, but I’ve always been partial to gparted live.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

https://www.slax.org/ It's easy, is a full featured desktop, and has persistence on your USB stick.

[-] princessnorah 2 points 1 year ago

Cheers, this looks perfect, and I like that it’s got a Debian build, it’s what I’m most familiar with.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

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

You don't need a GUI.

[-] princessnorah 10 points 1 year 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.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

I only use ArchLinux for rescue. Fedora is my go-to.

What you mean is that you can't cope without a gui. That's different.

[-] princessnorah 5 points 1 year ago
[-] annoyedcamel@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

It's not free but I highly recommend Parted Magic. I've been using it since at least 2015.

[-] SocialDoki 3 points 1 year ago

Seconded for that. Parted Magic is so nice that when they went paid, I ponied up immediately, which is saying something from my cheap ass.

[-] vegetaaaaaaa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I maintain my own Debian-based live image. It's a general-purpose desktop, with a good amount of diagnostic/troubleshooting tools. It's quite easy to build your own using different package lists or default configuration, etc.

[-] aion@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

depends on what you are looking for. grml and kali are linux distros that focus on diagnosing.

[-] nottheengineer@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I just use debian for my ventoy. But all you really need is a proper partition manager.

[-] bamboo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I've gotten good mileage out of just an Ubuntu live image. If the network is working you can install packages via apt like normal, but they include a lot of the basics already.

[-] Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago
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