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Thank you

Chris Pressey wrote:

> 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
> 

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Rishi Chopra
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