[svlug] /var/log messages

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya...

> >> Any suggestions as to where I might find a copy of
> >> the boot messages?
> 
> Rick> Use "dmesg | more".  This isn't _just_ boot messages, but with
> Rick> reasonable luck your boot messages won't yet have been pushed
> Rick> off the top of the buffer.

you can also look at /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog for
that boot info.... 
	- my `dmesg` scrolls off with other system errors messages
	- in addition to initial boot mesg

have fun
alvin

> and even if they have scrolled off the top of the buffer, some
> distributions (redhat is the only one I know of, and then only at
> version 5.1) are thoughful enough to put the command `dmesg >
> /var/log/dmesg` somewhere in their startup scripts.
> 
> What does this mean for you?  Look in /var/log/dmesg for your boot
> information, even well after a boot.
> 

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