In Windows I use a program called Sandra by SiSoftware to discover all kinds of information about computer systems, to dignose problems, identify hardware and benchmark and do burn-ins. I'm interested in doing similar things with Knoppix. Please help me use Knoppix to do some of the things I use Sandra on Windows to do. To start:

How do I identify a motherboard?
How do I identify memory by slot?
How do I test memory?
How do I test hard drives (surface integrity)?
How do I benchmark IDE throughput?
What testing and benchmarking tools should I be aware of?

Thank you....

hi there

here is good collection of softwares for these kind of things
try the full version

www.ultimatebootcd.com

regards

Interesting. I'll definately check it out. Looks like there are a lot of things there that would certainly fit the bill.

Still, I'm getting used to just the one distro for now and want to know what all I can do with it before I move on to others, if that makes sense. As a newb, I don't want to complicate things too much. So I'm still looking for an answer about what I can do with Knoppix.