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To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern init_main.c 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:59:43 EST."
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:22:20 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> When using excessively verbose boots, the scroll-back buffer often doesn't
> reach back far enough.  Is there any way, as with dmesg.boot in a normal
> install, we could provide sysinstall-based access to the boot messages
> without using the scroll-back?  I.e., a new menu option, ``Review Hardware
> Probe Messages'' which provided a scrollable window pointing at the
> contents of dmesg?

I can do this, but it will only really help you post-boot time.
The /var/run/dmesg.boot file doesn't exist on the MFS filesystem.

- Jordan


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