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Date:      Mon, 9 Apr 2001 01:45:58 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
To:        Leonard Zettel <zettel@acm.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Boot messages
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104090133290.67544-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
In-Reply-To: <3AD11309.A895B4F8@acm.org>

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Leonard Zettel wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:

> [...]
> the beginning of the display is gone - apparently fallen out of the 
> buffer.  I really would like to know what *all* the boot messages are.
> 1) Am I right in thinking they are logged somewhere?  

Yes :-)

> If so, where?

/var/run/dmesg.boot

If you have rebooted the machine recently, you can use dmesg(8) to display
these messages somewhat more conveniently. dmesg | more will page the
output for you nicely.


> 2) Is there a way to increase the number of lines that can be
> accessed using the scroll lock technique?  What is it?

This involves editing your kernel configuration and rebuilding your
kernel. If that scares you, I suggest you read the handbook section on
custom kernel builds.

Put the following line in your kernel configuration:

	SC_HISTORY_SIZE=<N>

Where <N> is the desired history size. The default is 100. The
maximum is 1000 lines per virtual terminal (1000 * MAXCONS).


> Thanks for your patience
>   -LenZ-

- Ryan

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