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Date:      Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:30:23 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Jimmy Hjelm <jimbo99@writeme.com>
Cc:        jfreeze@qx.net, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to capture bootup text
Message-ID:  <20000304183023.C270@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <002301bf8471$dc0a59e0$a62dfcc3@julia>; from jimbo99@telia.com on Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 07:05:12PM %2B0100
References:  <200003021754.MAA10617_darkstar.qx.net@ns.sol.net> <002301bf8471$dc0a59e0$a62dfcc3@julia>

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On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 07:05:12PM +0100, Jimmy Hjelm wrote:
>
> > How do I capture the text that is displayed when I boot
> > FBSD?
> 
> After booting and logging in, write:
> 
> dmesg > boottext
> 
> The bootup text will now be in a file called 'boottext'.

And then, there's always /var/run/dmesg.boot which you can use, even
after the machine has been up for quite some time and dmesg has
forgotten about the "boot" messages.

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