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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:39:12 +0100
From: Paul Schenkeveld <fb-embedded@psconsult.nl>
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Subject: Re: Catching /etc/rc's output
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 05:52:44PM +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> it's seemingly such a basic question, but I can't find a way to redirect 
> /etc/rc's output to a file. Editing /etc/syslog.conf changed nothing, 
> /var/log/messages still stops where /etc/rc should begin. I can see the 
> output on the console, but that's far to fast for the human eye. Short of 
> hooking up a serial console to catch the log on a second machine, is there 
> a way to get this output logged into a file?

Try 'dmesg -a'

> Thanks,
> Markus

Paul Schenkeveld