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Date:      Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:25:48 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Andrew <infofarmer@mail.ru>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Messages between dmesg and login
Message-ID:  <20041210232548.GE6532@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <E1CctgA-000OMO-00.infofarmer-mail-ru@f29.mail.ru>
References:  <9F0843142D8D177C1E8F627F@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <E1CctgA-000OMO-00.infofarmer-mail-ru@f29.mail.ru>

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In the last episode (Dec 11), Andrew said:
> >>> I just couldn't find it, where can I get those
> >>> messages, which come during the boot sequence
> >>> just after white text (kernel) and before "login: "
> >>> prompt. Are they even saved somewhere? I know
> >>> that errors are written to /var/log/messages,
> >>> but I need the exact dump of those messages.
> >>> Should I hack into rc?
> >>
> >> Do you mean what is in: /var/log/dmesg.today
> >> and /var/log/dmesg.yesterday ???
> >>
> >
> > Or perhaps he's looking for what's in /var/run/dmesg.boot?
> 
> No, dmesg contains kernel messages. I want to review
> messages produced by rc(8) at startup. Where/how can
> I get them, please?

They should be in /var/log/console.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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