On Sunday 16 October 2005 18:25, Ian Brandt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to get the dmesg for the boot prior to the current one?
>

No. Once the kernel reboots, the dmesg data is lost. Unless ofcourse you put 
this in /etc/conf.d/local.start:

#!/bin/bash
# /etc/conf.d/local.start
/bin/dmesg > /var/log/dmesg

Then you will at the least have a log of the current dmesg, which could be 
rotated.


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