> On Fri Aug 27 1999 at 07:41, "Billingham, Jason" wrote:
>
> > I've recently been screwing around, and installing different
> > versions and distributions of Linux on my laptop, just to see the
> > differences. (IBM 380 ED, 166Mhz, 80MB Ram, Internal IDE CD-Rom) Its
> > actually been quite informative...from the more complex installation
> > (Slakware) to the easier Setup program related distributions (Red
> > Hat/Mandrake). My one question, which I haven't really come across until
> > now, is how can you view all the information that prints on the screen when
> > Linux is booting? Is that information written to a file somewhere so that I
> > can view it and see what it says? I wanted to get those files, (find a
> > modem that works with my laptop) and upload them to my other machine. I
> > just want to compare the info, from one dist to the next....just for the
> > heck of it. I'm not exactly the most experienced user, but I'm learning :)
>
> My experience is with RedHat, but I've got experience with slugware
> and will never touch it again with a ten-foot pole...
>
> First thing to do is to "linux vga=ask" at the lilo boot prompt, then
> choose the highest resolution possible. (For 2.2.x kernels, for some
> very nice framebuffer resolutions, try vga=773 or vga=775 -- if your
> monitor can handle it).
>
> Then edit /etc/inittab and do this for the getty running on the first
> console:
>
> 1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear
>
Or you could just type "dmesg" at the prompt... you can even pipe it
through more. :-)
Dave
>
> This should be the getty running on redhat and mandrake, similar for
> other distributions. If it's running /sbin/mgetty or /sbin/agetty,
> then check the man page for the syntax to stop the screen clearing.
>
> Cheers
> Tony
>
