On 06-Mar-2000 Audrey Beck wrote:
> Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that)


On lilo boot prompt: 

linux init 3

This will boot the machine into console mode.
Then hit SHIFT+PageUp to scroll upwards (or use 'dmesg | less' as already
suggested.

Regards

tom


 
> Piero Caracciolo wrote:
>> 
>> At 18:43 05/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> >dmesg | more
>> >
>> >Harald Wolf wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel
>> >> produces on startup ?
>> >> or
>> >> how avoid start up xdm automatically after boot so i can step back with
>> >> "Shift-Up" to see the exact errormessages ?
>> >
>> >
>> This actually what I usually do. But you don't get ALL boot messages. How
>> to get the other ones?
>> Piero Caracciolo
>> 54, rue de Bourgogne
>> 75007 Paris - France

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