Hi folks,
I have a Fedora server which has some kind of a problem at the boot sequence, so I need to investigate what's going on. What's troubling is that it's physically remote and the personnel who has (physical) access to it doesn't know about IT/Linux.

Here is what I am thinking:
1) send a Linux LiveCD and let the personnel to boot the server from CD (she can do this)
2) I dial-up, login to another machine on the same network, login to the server by ssh, and investigate.

My questions is "which Linux LiveCD would be the best?"
The LiveCD should meet the following criterion:
a) sshd starts automatically at the boot,
b) possible to login by root (passwd should not be random; should have default passwd fixed to something known).
c) and in general, suitable in this situation.
BTW, machines are behind the FW.

Perhaps, gentoo? Fedora?
I appreciate your help! Thank you in advance.

If they could manage to make the necessary changes in the BIOS setup to boot from the USB drive, it would probably be best that you did an install to a USB stick, made your customizations and then sent that along.

Thanks, andrewthomas.
What you mentioned is another good option. However, it is quite unlikeky that she manages to make necessary BIOS changes and I don't want to take that risk.
Folks, any good recommendations for the LiveCD?

PS.
BTW, different question but have you ever seen a machine that BIOS won't even start at boot?

@elefant: Fedora provides a live CD, so you might as well stay close to the server environment. I'm not sure if it meets all your criteria. Test it locally to confirm / disconfirm.

If that won't work out, check out Knoppix or Slax, and consider remastering them to meet your specific needs.