Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:22:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern init_main.c Message-ID: <200002252022.MAA00475@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:22:20 PST." <95896.951506540@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. Increase the kernel message buffer, and use the machdep.msgbuf sysctl to retrieve it inside sysinstall. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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