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Re: How to read the result of inittab



Mickael Vera wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm still looking for reading the results of inittab.
> Redirection of the output to a file is not a solution
> as the root partition is mounted read-only when it
> executes.

/var is not mounted yet, so that you don't see it in /var/log/messages?
> 
> My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console,
> is it possible to scroll back on the console, or to
> make the boot processus make a pause ?
> 
> Some errors appear at boot time but it is not a solution
> to boot until I can read all the message :-)
> 
> What is the solution ?
> 
Have you tried control-S at the console?  That ought to make it pause,
though I haven't tried it.


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