From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 16:46:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAAB716A41F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:46:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jwb@homer.att.com) Received: from mail131.messagelabs.com (mail131.messagelabs.com [216.82.242.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 03F9E43DB5 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:46:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jwb@homer.att.com) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: jwb@homer.att.com X-Msg-Ref: server-3.tower-131.messagelabs.com!1132245983!1113084!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.9.1; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [134.24.146.4] Received: (qmail 13990 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2005 16:46:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ulysses.homer.att.com) (134.24.146.4) by server-3.tower-131.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 17 Nov 2005 16:46:23 -0000 Received: from akiva.homer.att.com (akiva.homer.att.com [135.205.212.39]) by ulysses.homer.att.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA00409; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:46:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from akiva.homer.att.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by akiva.homer.att.com (8.11.7+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id jAHGkMo01237; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:46:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200511171646.jAHGkMo01237@akiva.homer.att.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Steve Bertrand" 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) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:46:22 -0500 From: "J. W. Ballantine" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pausing boot process X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:46:58 -0000 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'" , > From: "Steve Bertrand" > 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" > > >