Re: newbie boot question

[Jim Woodward <jimwoodward1937@adelphia.net>]

michael wrote:
> > michael wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 12:20 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > How do I retrieve the messages that I see when booting?
> > > > dmesg does not have all the information.
> > > > I'm using kernel 2.6.13.2
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > enable /etc/default/bootlogd:
> > >
> > >
> > > $ cat /etc/default/bootlogd
> > > # Run bootlogd at startup ?
> > > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
> >
> > I did the above, rebooted and can't find thelog anywhere.
> > Could you tell me where it should be and what its name is?
>
>
> look at 'man bootlogd' (hint: 'man -k boot' gives all man pages about 'boot')
>
> hint 2: most logs are in /var/log

Here's what I tried - still need help
Thanks

jim@debian-pent:/dev$ /sbin/bootlogd -l /var/log/boot.
bootlogd: cannot find console device 136:1 in /dev
jim@debian-pent:/dev$ ls c*
cdrom  cdrw  console  core

cpu:
0  microcode
jim@debian-pent:/dev$ cat /etc/default/bootlogd
# Run bootlogd at startup ?
BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
jim@debian-pent:/dev$