Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-15 Thread shaul
I think that booting into single state should enable by default for these messages to be read conveniently, but I do not know how this can be actually implemented. Do you think it is reasonable/acceptable/can be implemented ? Is base/sysvinit a reasonable package to file a wish bug with this req

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Mickael Vera wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm still looking for reading the results of inittab. > Redirection of the output to a file is not a solution > as the root partition is mounted read-only when it > executes. /var is not mounted yet, so that you don't see it in /var/log/messages? > > My problem i

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Mickael Vera
Martin Fluch wrote: > Add a sleep comand to the /etc/init.d/rc script, somthing like this: > > startup() { > case "$1" in > *.sh) > $debug sh "$@" > ;; > *) > $debug "$@" > ;; > esac > > sleep 1 > } > Martin Go

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Mickael Vera
Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Mickael Vera said: > > My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, > > is it possible to scroll back on the console, > > Shift-PgUp > > > or to > > make the boot processus make a pause ? > > Ctrl-S should halt text (either Ctrl-Q or Ctrl-S to restart)

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Dave Sherohman
Mickael Vera said: > My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, > is it possible to scroll back on the console, Shift-PgUp > or to > make the boot processus make a pause ? Ctrl-S should halt text (either Ctrl-Q or Ctrl-S to restart), but I haven't tried it myself. > Some err

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Martin Fluch
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Mickael Vera wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still looking for reading the results of inittab. > Redirection of the output to a file is not a solution > as the root partition is mounted read-only when it > executes. > > My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, >

How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Mickael Vera
Hi, I'm still looking for reading the results of inittab. Redirection of the output to a file is not a solution as the root partition is mounted read-only when it executes. My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, is it possible to scroll back on the console, or to make the

Re: how to read the result of inittab

1999-10-11 Thread Martin Fluch
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Mickael Vera wrote: > Hi, > > When I boot linux I can read on screen the > messages of the kernel and then the messages > produced by inittab > > When i am logged I can read the kernel messages > with dmesg but how can i read the messages > that follow. If go on the console

how to read the result of inittab

1999-10-11 Thread Mickael Vera
Hi, When I boot linux I can read on screen the messages of the kernel and then the messages produced by inittab When i am logged I can read the kernel messages with dmesg but how can i read the messages that follow. If go on the console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) I can see the last lines but not the first on