DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I need to be able to capture the start up messages issued when my woody > > system boots. > > > > dmesg only gives me up to the point control is transfered from the kernel, > > and I'm seeing erros after that, that flash by to quickly to read. > > > > How can I do this? > > > > > Immediately after your system boots, and before logging in, hit > shift+pgup and you will be able to scroll back through the boot > messages. I don't know if there's any way to save them to a file > though... short of using VMWare or something like that.
This is what I'd do, but you also need to keep X from starting if you're using xdm or whatever. Otherwise, you can't scroll back anymore. Putting an "exit 0" at the top of the /etc/init.d/*dm script should do the trick. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
