how to write Console output to a log file

If, under SuSE 8.2, I put this line echo "*** Running /ETC/INIT.D/NETWORK ***" in "/etc/init.d/network", I can find this line in /var/log/boot.msg Under Debian, - kernel 2.4.20 -, I place a similar ECHO line in "/etc/init.d/networking", can see (very fast) on the console screen, but can't find i

Re: who calls /ETC/MODULES

Thanks Bill and Marc - you are rigth : Andreas pointed to rcS.d, but I was fixed on looking into rc2.d ! Now that it's clear that rcS.d does it, I dont understand the difference between level "1" and level "S" ! I see rc1.d is almost empty (?), but rcS.d not. Can someone tell me the boot level sequ

Re: who calls /ETC/MODULES

Thanks Andreas, for your time ! Here comes the problem : there is no link to MODUTILS in any "/etc/rcN.d". The /etc/rc2.d (where network starting should happen) has : S10sysklogd -> ../init.d/sysklogd S12kerneld -> ../init.d/kerneld S14ppp -> ../init.d/ppp S20inetd -> ../init.d/inetd S20logou

Re: Ethernet card not detected - where is YAST2 ?

Thanks a lot, Roberto, Paul, Oliver and David. Men, you are fantastic ! All 4 comments are perfect, even different : Roberto -> direct Paul -> pointer to the doc Oliver -> package David -> detailed, the one I've used to have it working. Guess Debian is the rigth place to be:-) Sebastian.

who calls /ETC/MODULES

I have solved my Ethernet startup problem by placing the line "fealnx" in the "/etc/modules" file. But I would like to know what Script ( as /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S05network -> /etc/init.d/network under SuSE 8.2 ) uses this file to activate my Ethernet card at system startup. I would like to place some

Ethernet card not detected - where is YAST2 ?

My LINEX (Spanish Debian with 2.4.20 kernel) instaled ok, but the ethernet card was not detected, so nothing (eth0) was instaled. "lspci -v" says "02.0c.0 MYSON Tech Inc : unknown device 0803". If I run "modprobe fealnx", it runs OK (lsmod displays (unused)) then "ifconfig eth0 1.2.3.4 ..." goes

how to set SETSERIAL values forever

Hi ! I have fixed my winmodem problem by using setserial /dev/ttyS2 int 9 When machine restarts, that seting is lost. What file must I edit to have this value forever ? I am using LINEX (this is a Debian distro, with kernel 2.4.20) 3.0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with