On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 10:19:30PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > Good point, although it was being saved to the ram disk in /var/log > > anyway in the previous version. > > Well /var/log is where the logs are kept while the installer is running. That's not how I interpreted what the debconf note promises, although I do agree in principle. I've found myself forgetting which directory I'm supposed to be looking in (/target/var/log or /var/log). > > I suppose it would be prudent to skip /target and save to > > /var/log/debian-installer if /target doesn't exist or isn't mounted? > > I don't see the point of copying files around in the ram disk. Does that mean you'd rather see them in /var/log/debian-installer or /target/var/log/debian-installer? I'd gather the former. I was trying to keep stuff off the ram disk in keeping with a low ram install or such. > > My problem is that m68k mac doesn't have a supported floppy, so saving > > there simply isn't an option. > > I've always wished this thing could save logs over the net somehow.. Me too. If we could create a tar and had mailx, I'd say mail might be an option. -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <stephen@marenka.net>
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