From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 24 14:56:29 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38D26716 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:56:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from nm1.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm1.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.237.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C27291C33 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.127] by nm1.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Jun 2013 14:53:26 -0000 Received: from [98.139.221.67] by tm2.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Jun 2013 14:53:26 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp104.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Jun 2013 14:53:26 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s1024; t=1372085606; bh=6fxiHsTaAk86XVyGaGxpxcwKldr//Y/VS7QZu9EY3zM=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=x9fbxItgZfpFMkRmPZPGIHp30AGrzoAIxidXxgEHWtk/c+39SbXFZKSnat8EDzL7zxewCa/zEhBrZWhBueF1Ob6cmp+Z9o9r8Q6pj1/hdqh776JzjfebV/iwPx6UUXTdMNuWp9c/0JDJipkmsyhir26HQXFoKJNjcZbopQXX37c= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 642754.19804.bm@smtp104.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: PXvIptIVM1lQT3wFJ4Q87bhrGZstc9rQH67OSiLP66KNDgd v5tW9z6GtM.3f7viaCaD.RBMPnfMqkTqnwgLzOVaSg4zzdjd3bK2IPi4ZOyS pKdMzhaGbs6zXmNBFnETGPOyxt8Rccmzs7ePqwkOr5IXuqkZMeBBHHXQKzKw cg5Zjb_mhtqV54UMncymYA0BsOJQHNmw9UviDEeojPzfrb3Y03ynmFTSzkuC 16eSSPz7a5zHQurb3NGvI_mpEpJQTYtvcMJHFTarK3cOjrbJ7BMrV9jFXd8P zl1cT9F2EjVOLAmbgedb0b0QG23xDZ5oHjAJ4D4wHvH9.pMPpCIq0rrXTOyX myaYya49oc.myO59HPzN_2vTSjfCq9OgQc6xyPc2QBF_Njh.ra0BcUsbrbx9 oPbPFKXVqMWT0j3.55gm4flYZWXgPn5hakqDHKxS9fTJEELB3RgCUAZQdciN njXiIpSlYlSCKafdMikt7putHrEXUVOftBJWrMomJXA1S1q1EJiMOi6msb1I aa89eUg.1bVYX X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- X-Rocket-Received: from europa (mike.jeays@173.33.93.170 with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jun 2013 07:53:26 -0700 PDT Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:53:37 -0400 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: logging during loader Message-ID: <20130624105337.6f474d71@europa> In-Reply-To: <20936.18494.573287.144022@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20936.18494.573287.144022@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:56:29 -0000 On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:23:10 -0400 Robert Huff wrote: > > During the processing of loader.conf, something gets printed > that suggests all is not right. However, this is a sufficiently > modern machine it goes by too fast to read exactly what. > It is my understanding that file gets read before the system > logging facilities are operational, and possibly before things like > ^S/^Q work on the terminal. > Is there a way to store the results of that phase of boot-up? > > Respectfully, > > > Robert Huff > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I am sure there is a 'right' way to do it, but I had success reading a transitory BIOS message by photographing the screen with a 2-second exposure, in a fairly dark room. This will only work for white-on-black text, of course.