Re: installer still not in Sarge ?
Hi,
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 12:28:51PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 09:10:31AM +0100, xerces8 wrote:
[...]
> > I checked and yes, I get that. It appears the kernel does not find
> > my HD ( and the IDE controller, it is a Promise PDC 20276); hard to
> > tell as the messages fly off the screen too fast. ( any idea how to
> > view them ? )
> Yup, you can run dmesg; to see the kernel's most recent messages.
> Also check some log files in /var/log/ (though I don't know if the
> boot stuff will be there if you're running off a CD; for that matter I
> don't know if anything will be there). Note that userspace output
> won't be in the dmesg, but its only the last 50 lines or so. You can
> use shift-PageUp to scroll back at least a few pages in video ram
> (this assumes that you don't clear the screen or switch to a new VT or
> into the installers ncurses interface).
Quite hard to invoke some programs if you get a kernel panic. ;) The
Shift-PgUp stuff could work, though. But I don't know if it does after a
kernel panic.
David, you can try to use the scroll key to stop output. It should work with
Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q, too. (I press Control with my little finger and have my
middle and index finger at Q resp. S. With a bit of practise, you can
start/stop output for a few lines then.)
Hm, you could give a kernel command line, telling Linux to "mirror" the
console output to serial or parallel port. You could print it or attach
another computer to it, but that's not that easy I think.
Greeting,
Mike
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