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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:02:35 -0800
From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
To: Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:54:37 -0800
Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> I'm running a FreeBSD machine with no head (e.g. no monitor installed to 
> the machine).
> 
> Is there a way to view the statup messages from the system once the 
> machine is up and running via SSH?  What is the name of the file that 
> would have the messages (specifically any output sent to the terminal 
> with regards to detecting and installing devices)?

man 8 dmesg

HTH
-Chris