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From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 08:11:26AM +1100, Rowdy wrote:
> Chris Pressey wrote:
> 
> >Well, I'm not sure if it works on 5.x, but you could try
> >
> >  /usr/ports/sysutils/muse
> >
> >Should be easier to parse than the other options.
> >
> >-Chris
You could always output the results of dmesg at boot-time to a file -
adding something like this:

dmesg > /var/log/dmesg.boot

to /usr/local/etc/rc.local.

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