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Date:      Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:29:38 -0500
From:      epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net>
To:        Andrew <infofarmer@mail.ru>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Messages between dmesg and login
Message-ID:  <20041210192938.0e613343@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <E1CctgA-000OMO-00.infofarmer-mail-ru@f29.mail.ru>
References:  <9F0843142D8D177C1E8F627F@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <E1CctgA-000OMO-00.infofarmer-mail-ru@f29.mail.ru>

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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 01:56:02 +0300
Andrew <infofarmer@mail.ru> wrote:

> >>> I just couldn't find it, where can I get those
> >>> messages, which come during the boot sequence
> >>> just after white text (kernel) and before "login: "
> >>> prompt. Are they even saved somewhere? I know
> >>> that errors are written to /var/log/messages,
> >>> but I need the exact dump of those messages.
> >>> Should I hack into rc?
> >>
> >> Do you mean what is in: /var/log/dmesg.today
> >> and /var/log/dmesg.yesterday ???
> >>
> >
> > Or perhaps he's looking for what's in /var/run/dmesg.boot?
> 
> No, dmesg contains kernel messages. I want to review
> messages produced by rc(8) at startup. Where/how can
> I get them, please?

hello andrew,

'dmesg -a' will get you that, as well as all console messages since
boot.  ...you may want to run it through a pager.   ;)


cheers,
epi

 
> Best wishes,
> Andrew
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