Re: Boot log



Don Phillipson wrote:
How can I save to a text file what the screen
displays on booting? This first-time installation
of Xandros = Debian generates on boot at least
50 commands and confirmations, a couple of
which are "not found." It would be convenient to
see a record in case any should/could be fixed.

`dmesg` or `cat /var/log/messages`
whereas dmesg only displays the boot messages from the current boot and the messages file contains all of them.

mf
.



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