Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:46:22 -0500 From: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pausing boot process Message-ID: <200511171646.jAHGkMo01237@akiva.homer.att.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:28:05 EST." <437A12440007552C@attrh0i.attrh.att.com> (added by postmaster@attrh1i.attrh.att.com)
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Thanks, but I don't get to the boot prompt, it dumps core and then goes to reboot mode. ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:28:05 -0500 > To: "'J. W. Ballantine'" <jwb@homer.att.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.or g> > From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> > Subject: RE: pausing boot process > > > > I've started to get an error during the boot process that > > scrolls off the screen so rapidly that I don't have a change > > to read it. > > > > Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error > > is read-able?? > > Well, as opposed to stopping it, if you wait until the login prompt, you > can press the 'Scroll Lock' key on the keyboard and use the arrow keys > to scroll back up to review the entire boot output. Simply press the > scroll lock again to resume operations. > > Regards, > > Steve > > > > > Thanks for any hints. > > > > Jim Ballantine > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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