From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 24 15:38:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FCCFB9 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:38:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from the.lists@mgm51.com) Received: from oneyou.mcmli.com (oneyou.mcmli.com [IPv6:2001:470:1d:8da::100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D7D1E28 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sentry.24cl.com (sentry.24cl.com [IPv6:2001:470:89e9:feed::1]) by oneyou.mcmli.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3bfF5B4GNwz1DN4 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:38:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BigBloat (bigbloat.24cl.home [10.20.1.4]) by sentry.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3bfF594qtqz1nZ3 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:38:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <201306241137530494.00ABFF57@smtp.24cl.home> In-Reply-To: <51C86033.7060404@qeng-ho.org> References: <20936.18494.573287.144022@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <51C86033.7060404@qeng-ho.org> X-Mailer: Courier 3.50.00.09.1098 (http://www.rosecitysoftware.com) (P) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:37:53 -0400 From: "Mike." To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: logging during loader Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 15:38:07 -0000 On 6/24/2013 at 4:05 PM Arthur Chance wrote: |On 06/24/13 14:23, 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? ============= This has worked well for me, logging the early boot process that usually scrolls by on the screen. I use it on 8.3 and 9.1. I was surprised that it managed to log console stuff that occurred before syslogd was loaded... from syslog.conf # uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console to # /var/log/console.log # touch /var/log/console.log and chmod it to mode 600 # before it will work console.info /var/log/console.log