Re: newbie boot question

[Jim Woodward <jimwoodward1937@adelphia.net>]

michael wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 07:57 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote:
>
> > 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

The above line points to not finding console, but one can see that it is 
there from below
> no idea why you're trying the above
>
>
> > 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$
>
>
> but what does
>  ls -l /var/log/boot
jim@debian-pent:~$ ls -l /var/log/boot
ls: /var/log/boot: No such file or directory
jim@debian-pent:
> give you?!