Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      05 Sep 2003 09:50:38 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Radko Keves <rado@studnet.sk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: saving kernel output
Message-ID:  <44k78n739t.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030903155030.GA46435@studnet.sk>
References:  <20030903155030.GA46435@studnet.sk>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Radko Keves <rado@studnet.sk> writes:

> is another way to save kernel output without dumb terminal or old
> PC/XT till boot ?
> 
> i read serialconsole-setup in handbook, but i think way without serial
> console
> 
> for example something like dmesg, but if kernel fails i want have saved 
> output too

If the kernel fails to boot, there's no filesystem mounted, so a
serial port console is your only real option.  If the system comes up,
the dmesg info is saved in /var/run/dmesg.boot...



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?44k78n739t.fsf>