On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:09:03AM -0500, Tim Verry wrote: [...] > Now where exactly is the log of the boot process? I'm looking in > /var/log/messages and /var/log/kern.log based on timestamps, but I can't tell > what is different between the two and I DON'T see everything I see flash up > the screen during booting. I still don't get grep, it tends to just hang > forever everytime I try to use it, and I can't figure out how to get it to > search directories without complaining.
/var/log/dmesg should contain most of what the kernel spits out during boot - at least up to the point where init is started. HTH -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: I prefer the most unjust peace to the most righteous war. -- Cicero Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. -- Poor Richard
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