On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, tko wrote: > Wintermute writes: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > 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-) > > > > As for taking a snapshot I'm not sure.... .but you can access things that > > roll off > > of the screen by holding down shift and pressing the page up key to browse > > through > > the buffer. > > I already tried that. It doesn't work. I beleive that the buffer hasn't been > set up yet until the login prompt. The stuff that I need to see appears > _before_ the login prompt shows. >
I have no idea how linux implements said scrolling, but I can scroll back to the messages that are printed before the operating system loads (on a system that doesn't wipe the screen before and after scanning the SCSI), thusly: --8<-------- AMIBIOS (C)1992 American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS Version 1.00.05.CV2 0032768 KB Please Wait... Keyboard.....Detected Mouse........Detected ATAPI Device Installed MATSHITA CR-583 Floppy A: Installed NCR SDMS (TM) V3.0 PCI SCSI BIOS, PCI Rev. 2.0 Copyright 1993 NCR Corporation. NCRPCI-3.07.00 ID 00 HP C3325A ID 04 iomega jaz 1GB j Enter Password (1): ******** LILO Loading Linux Uncompressing Linux...done. Now booting the kernel Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fd2e0 pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfd2f0 pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd311 Probing PCI hardware. Warning : Unknown PCI device (1002:5654). Please read include/linux/pci.h Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 53.04 BogoMIPS Memory: 30880k/32768k available (732k kernel code, 384k reserved, 772k data) Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0 --8<-------- etc. etc. But I'm glad vga=6 helped you. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
