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Subject: Re: pausing boot process
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On Nov 17, 2005, at 10:27 AM, James Bailie wrote:

> J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>
> > Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is
> > read-able??
>
> No.  After the system boots, log in as, or su to, root, and
> invoke "dmesg" to view kernel messages.
>

You're incorrect.  You can pause this screen, and even scroll up/ 
down, by pressing the Scroll Lock key.  When you're done, press  
Scroll Lock again to continue.
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