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Re: Logging bootup sequence



On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 04:43:52PM -0500, MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
> As a new Debian user, I'd kind of like to see what Linux is doing when it
> boots up.  Is there a way to log the boot up sequence (before the syslog takes
> over) so I can peruse it? Unforunately, the Pause key doesn't seem to work...
> I'm booting from a floppy if that matters..

After booting you can use the dmesg command to see what the kernel
messages were, something like this:

dmesg | more

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