On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This question has probably been asked before ... anyhow; > > How does one get a snapshot/logfile of the bootup process? I know about dmesg > but the part which interest me is the processing which occurs _after_ dmesg > stops. I've seen various debug messages, but they scroll off the screen before > the login prompt comes up. I'd like to investigate and fix them if I could > find out what they are. 8-)
Sometimes interesting errors and warnings will end up in /var/log/*. What I did though is add 'vga=6' to /etc/lilo.conf to boot into 80x50 line mode, then nothing scrolls off in the first place ;> Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
