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Date:      Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:34:57 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Joe Gross <jgross@stimpy.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: security check output, kernel log message
Message-ID:  <20010628203457.B57299@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010628122519.A79443@felix.stimpy.net>
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Joe Gross wrote:

> (quickly drifting OT)
> 
>> From /etc/rc:
> 
>                 # Keep a copy of the boot messages around
>                 dmesg >/var/run/dmesg.boot
> 
> Unfortunately in my case the dmesg buffer is too small so I miss all the
> meaty early boot messages. Is this a settable option or is there some other
> way to have all the boot messages saved without a serial console?

This might be what you want, I've never tried it though:

# Size of the kernel message buffer.  Should be N * pagesize.
options         MSGBUF_SIZE=40960

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Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org

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