On Mon, 11 May 2009 17:20:10 -0700 James Ausmus wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Dan Cowsill <danthe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > I've been trying to get to the bottom of my recent troubles with my > > IDE controller working with the 2.6.28 kernel. Now, linux never > > boots without a kernel panic, so dmesg never gets logged... Is > > there any way to have the kernel dump the boot log somewhere? I'd > > settle for scrolling up, really. > > > > If you have a serial port, you can enable serial console in the kernel > config, and boot with a "console=ttyS0" kernel parameter, to see all > the output on a serially attached (via null modem cable or adapter) > computer... > > -James
An alternative to the serial port is your ethernet connection. The kernel can output to ethernet and you can capture the info using netconsole.
