Re: [TCLUG:9574] Where is boot information logged?

[Ben Beuchler <insyte@emt-p.org>]

Hmmm... /var/log/messages is empty and /var/log/boot doesn't exist.  I
realize the generation of these logs is controlled by syslog.conf, so how
would I set it up to record the stuff I'm interested in?

Ben

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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Mike Hicks wrote:

> > OK.  dmesg gives me the info from the kernel, right up to initializing
> > swap space and all of that.  Is there any way to capture the rest of the
> > init stuff?  I'm particularly interested in the messages generated by the
> > init scripts.
> 
> Well, you can look in /var/log/messages, /var/log/boot, or hook up
> another computer or a printer to your serial port and boot the system
> with 'linux serial' (which sends console messages to the serial port.. 
> In theory..)
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