Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 06:17:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: lars@fredriks-1.pr.mcs.net (Lars Fredriksen) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upping the dmesg buffer Message-ID: <199706240617.GAA27564@veda.is> In-Reply-To: <199706240358.WAA03879@fredriks-1.pr.mcs.net> from Lars Fredriksen at "Jun 23, 97 10:58:25 pm"
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> > You lose it all anyway after a certain amount of system errors have occurred. > > Then the only recourse is scanning old logfiles for the boot messages, if > > those logs have not also been rotated out of existence by then. > > > > dmesg is a convenience but will never cover all needs. > > No but it is a handy debugging tool (and its output is saved in /var/log/dmesg..) > So I think it is a worthwhile investment to make it work. > > Lars I agree with you. Yes, /var/run/dmesg.boot was a great idea, and definitely even more reason for this not to overflow the buffer. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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