On 2008-08-26 12:39, T0M wrote:
>>> In fact, even the most pro Microsoft guys often have a linux rescue
>>> cd or usb-stick in their toolbox to fix problems like this.
>>>
>
> What is, in your opinion, the 'best' linx rescue CD available ?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> T0M

I don't know what is best, but I use http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page as
one of my favorite tool.

Packages in the CD:

speakup-utils-1.0 leafpad-0.8.12 hcfpcimodem-1.15
hddtemp-0.3_beta15-r3 nano-2.1.1 hsfmodem-7.68.00.09
hwreport-0.9.4 qemacs-0.3.2_pre2007022 linux-atm-2.5.0
ide-smart-1.4 vim-7.1.266 lrzsz-0.12.20-r1
mbr-1.1.10 vim-core-7.1.266 mingetty-1.08
passook-1.0.0 zile-2.2.59 minicom-2.3-r1
pwgen-2.06 chkrootkit-0.47 ppp-2.4.4-r15
python-updater-0.2 cmospwd-4.6 pppconfig-2.3.17-r1
syslog-ng-2.0.9 foremost-1.5.3 pptpclient-1.7.1-r1
sysstat-8.0.4-r1 magicrescue-1.1.4-r1 rp-pppoe-3.8-r2
testdisk-6.9 sleuthkit-2.09 speedtouch-usb-3.0.1.2-
clamav-0.93.1 beep-1.2.2-r1 bind-tools-9.4.1_p1
afio-2.5 ca-certificates-2007030 libidn-1.5-r1
arj-3.10.22-r1 ckermit-8.0.211-r2 iptables-1.3.8-r3
bzip2-1.0.5 colordiff-1.0.7 mount-cifs-3.0.30
cabextract-1.2 livecd-tools-1.0.39 nfs-utils-1.1.0-r1
cpio-2.9-r1 mc-4.6.1-r4 samba-3.0.28a-r1
dump-0.4.41 pax-utils-0.1.17 ftp-0.17-r7
gzip-1.3.12-r1 screen-4.0.3 lftp-3.7.1
lzma-utils-4.32.6 symlinks-1.2-r2 ncftp-3.2.1
lzop-1.02_rc1-r1 vlock-1.3-r2 tftp-hpa-0.48
mscompress-0.3 wipe-2.2.20050509 irssi-0.8.12
mt-st-0.9b bash-3.2_p33 mailbase-1
ncompress-4.2.4.2 ksh-93.20071105 autossh-1.2g
p7zip-4.57 tcsh-6.15-r2 br2684ctl-20040226
par2cmdline-0.4-r2 zsh-4.3.4-r1 bridge-utils-1.2
pbzip2-1.0.2 dos2unix-3.1-r2 curl-7.17.1
rar-3.7.1 epdfview-0.1.6-r1 dhcp-3.1.0
rzip-2.1 poppler-0.6.3 dhcpcd-3.2.3
sharutils-4.6.3 poppler-bindings-0.6.3 ifenslave-1.1.0-r3
tar-1.20 unix2dos-2.2-r1 iputils-20071127
unace-1.2b-r1 gentoo-syntax-20070506 netkit-rsh-0.17-r8
unrar-3.7.8 perl-5.8.8-r5 ntp-4.2.4_p4
unzip-5.52-r2 python-2.4.4-r9 openssh-4.7_p1-r6
zip-2.32-r1 pexpect-2.1 openswan-2.4.11
dar-2.3.7-r1 py-gnupg-0.3.2 openvpn-2.1_rc7-r2
duplicity-0.4.7 pylibacl-0.2.1 rdate-1.4-r3
rdiff-backup-1.0.5 pyparted-1.8.9 rdesktop-1.6.0
rsnapshot-1.2.9 pyxattr-0.2 rsync-3.0.2
tob-0.26-r1 libglade-2.6.2 telnet-bsd-1.2-r1
bonnie++-1.93c ssmtp-2.61-r2 tightvnc-1.3.9-r1
cpuburn-1.4 arping-2.05 udpcast-20070602
stress-0.18.6 dnstracer-1.8 vconfig-1.9
cdrkit-1.1.8 httping-1.2.4 vpnc-0.5.1-r1
cdw-0.2.4 ifstat-1.1 wget-1.11.1
dvd+rw-tools-7.1 iftop-0.17 whois-4.7.24
chntpw-0.99.4.20070923 iptraf-3.0.0-r4 wput-0.6.1
gnupg-2.0.9 netcat-110-r8 acx-firmware-20060207
hashalot-0.3-r2 netselect-0.3-r2 atmel-firmware-1.3
md5deep-2.0.1-r1 ngrep-1.45 b43-fwcutter-011
opencdk-0.6.6 nmap-4.60 bcm43xx-fwcutter-006
pinentry-0.7.5 tcpdump-3.9.8 ipw2100-firmware-1.3
truecrypt-4.3a tcptraceroute-1.5_beta7 ipw2200-firmware-3.0
gvim-7.1.266 traceroute-2.0.9-r1 iwl3945-ucode-2.14.1.5
hexedit-1.2.12 globespan-adsl-0.12 iwl4965-ucode-4.44.1.20
joe-3.5 gtkterm-0.99.5-r1 madwifi-ng-tools-0.9.4



ndiswrapper-1.53 shadow-4.0.18.2 unionfs-utils-0.2
prism54-firmware-1.0.4. slocate-3.1-r1 xfsdump-2.2.46
wireless-tools-29 smartmontools-5.38 xfsprogs-2.9.8
wpa_supplicant-0.5.7 sysresccd-scripts-1.0.4 powermgmt-base-1.22
zd1201-firmware-0.14 sysvinit-2.86-r10 cronbase-0.3.2-r1
zd1211-firmware-1.4 tcp-wrappers-7.6-r8 htop-0.7
acl-2.2.45 usbutils-0.73 lsof-4.78-r1
apmd-3.2.2_p5 util-linux-2.13.1.1 procps-3.2.7
attr-2.4.39 which-2.19 psmisc-22.6
baselayout-1.12.11.1 x86info-1.21 vixie-cron-4.1-r10
cciss_vol_status-1.03 xinetd-2.3.14 dillo-0.8.6
coreutils-6.10-r2 pambase-20080318 elinks-0.11.3
dcfldd-1.3.4.1 gpart-0.1h-r1 lynx-2.8.6-r2
debianutils-2.28.5 gparted-0.3.7-r1 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.1
diffutils-2.8.7-r2 lsiutil-1.52 mozilla-launcher-1.58
dmapi-2.2.8 mbuffer-20070911 thttpd-2.25b-r7
dmidecode-2.9 mpt-status-1.2.0 xorg-server-1.4.0.90-r3
dstat-0.6.6 mtx-1.2.18 ati-drivers-8.501
dumpdisklayout-0.1.1 nbd-2.9.8 nvidia-drivers-173.14.0
ed-0.9 partimage-0.6.7 xf86-input-evdev-1.1.5-
eject-2.1.5-r1 partimage-ssl-0.6.7 xf86-input-keyboard-1.3
ethtool-6 grub-0.97-r4 xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3
fbset-2.1 lilo-22.8-r2 xf86-video-ark-0.6.0
file-4.23 ms-sys-2.1.2 xf86-video-ati-6.6.3
findutils-4.3.13 syslinux-3.31 xf86-video-chips-1.1.1
fxload-20020411 btrfs-0.15-r2 xf86-video-cirrus-1.1.0
gawk-3.1.5-r5 btrfs-progs-0.15-r2 xf86-video-cyrix-1.1.0
grep-2.5.1a-r1 cryptsetup-1.0.5-r1 xf86-video-dummy-0.2.0
groff-1.19.2-r1 dd-rescue-1.10 xf86-video-fbdev-0.3.1
hdparm-8.6 ddrescue-1.8 xf86-video-glint-1.1.1
hwdata-gentoo-0.4 device-mapper-1.02.26 xf86-video-i128-1.2.1
hwsetup-1.2 dmraid-1.0.0_rc14 xf86-video-i740-1.1.0
ipmitool-1.8.9 dosfstools-2.11-r3 xf86-video-i810-2.1.1
iproute2-2.6.22.2007071 e2fsprogs-1.40.11 xf86-video-imstt-1.1.0
kbd-1.13-r1 evms-2.5.5-r10 xf86-video-mga-1.4.6.1
less-418 fuse-2.7.3 xf86-video-neomagic-1.1
lm_sensors-2.10.4 hfsplusutils-1.0.4-r1 xf86-video-nsc-2.8.2
lshw-02.12.01b hfsutils-3.2.6-r5 xf86-video-nv-2.1.2
man-1.6f jfsutils-1.1.8 xf86-video-openchrome-0
man-pages-2.80 lde-2.6.1 xf86-video-rendition-4.
memtester-4.0.7 lsscsi-0.19 xf86-video-s3-0.5.0
module-init-tools-3.4 lufis-0.3 xf86-video-s3virge-1.9.
net-tools-1.60-r13 lufs-0.9.7-r3 xf86-video-savage-2.1.2
netplug-1.2.9-r3 lvm2-2.02.33-r2 xf86-video-siliconmotio
parted-1.8.8 mdadm-2.6.4-r1 xf86-video-sis-0.9.3
pciutils-2.2.10 mtools-3.9.10 xf86-video-tdfx-1.3.0
pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-r2 ntfs3g-1.2531 xf86-video-tga-1.1.0
portage-2.1.4.4 ntfsprogs-2.0.0-r1 xf86-video-trident-1.2.
pv-1.1.4 reiser4progs-1.0.6 xf86-video-tseng-1.1.1
ren-1.0 reiserfsprogs-3.6.19-r2 xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0
rename-1.3 scrounge-ntfs-0.9 xf86-video-vmware-10.15
rescan-scsi-bus-1.25-r1 squashfs-tools-lzma-3.3 mrxvt-0.5.3-r2
sdparm-1.02 sshfs-fuse-1.9 rxvt-unicode-9.02-r1
sed-4.1.5-r1 sysfsutils-2.1.0 hicolor-icon-theme-0.10
setserial-2.17-r3 udev-119 jwm-2.0.1
sg3_utils-1.25 udftools-1.0.0b-r6 windowmaker-0.92.0-r3


libxfce4mcs-4.4.2 xfce-mcs-manager-4.4.2 exo-0.3.4
libxfce4util-4.4.2 xfce-mcs-plugins-4.4.2- terminal-0.2.8
libxfcegui4-4.4.2


Think you have a bit more there then you have with a XP boot disk :-)

But the suse rescue boot is not bad either, it has everything needed to
fix a broken system, and I guess that is the case with other dists too.

/bb