Re: boot.log contains only a fraction of the messages
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:13:17 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>>> Is there any way to increase this so that I can review all messages
>>> that appeared on the console?
>>>
>> Kind of...
>>
>> /etc/default/bootlogd
>>
>> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes
>>
>> I think the other messages fall into "/var/log/messages"
>>
> Not quite. This only effects messages generated after the kernel has
> booted. Earlier messages, generated by the BIOS and early boot stages
> are not captured - unless you have a terminal on the console port that
> can capture them.
Messages that appear in console when system boots (as per OP request) are
splitted into "/var/log/messages" and "/var/log/boot" (whether enabled).
BIOS screen (and/or remaining devices initilization) messages are a
different thing.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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