From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 24 15:23:26 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5901EB89 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:23:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from blue.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C671D88 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:23:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r5OF5N3F009622; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:05:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <51C86033.7060404@qeng-ho.org> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:05:23 +0100 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130615 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Huff Subject: Re: logging during loader References: <20936.18494.573287.144022@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20936.18494.573287.144022@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:23:26 -0000 On 06/24/13 14:23, Robert Huff wrote: > > During the processing of loader.conf, something gets printed > that suggests all is not right. However, this is a sufficiently > modern machine it goes by too fast to read exactly what. > It is my understanding that file gets read before the system > logging facilities are operational, and possibly before things like > ^S/^Q work on the terminal. > Is there a way to store the results of that phase of boot-up? Does ScrollLock and repeated PageUp get you back far enough? -- In the dungeons of Mordor, Sauron bred Orcs with LOLcats to create a new race of servants. Called Uruk-Oh-Hai in the Black Speech, they were cruel and delighted in torturing spelling and grammar. _Lord of the Rings 2.0, the Web Edition_