pausing boot process

2005-11-17 Thread J. W. Ballantine
I've started to get an error during the boot process that scrolls off the screen so rapidly that I don't have a change to read it. Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is read-able?? Thanks for any hints. Jim Ballantine ___

Re: pausing boot process

2005-11-17 Thread James Bailie
J. W. Ballantine wrote: Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is read-able?? No. After the system boots, log in as, or su to, root, and invoke dmesg to view kernel messages. -- James Bailie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jamesbailie.com

RE: pausing boot process

2005-11-17 Thread Steve Bertrand
I've started to get an error during the boot process that scrolls off the screen so rapidly that I don't have a change to read it. Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is read-able?? Well, as opposed to stopping it, if you wait until the login prompt, you can

Re: pausing boot process

2005-11-17 Thread eoghan
James Bailie wrote: J. W. Ballantine wrote: Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is read-able?? No. After the system boots, log in as, or su to, root, and invoke dmesg to view kernel messages. Or you can press scroll lock and page up and down. Eoghan

Re: pausing boot process

2005-11-17 Thread J. W. Ballantine
] Subject: RE: pausing boot process I've started to get an error during the boot process that scrolls off the screen so rapidly that I don't have a change to read it. Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is read-able?? Well, as opposed to stopping

Re: pausing boot process

2005-11-17 Thread Eric F Crist
On Nov 17, 2005, at 10:27 AM, James Bailie wrote: J. W. Ballantine wrote: Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is read-able?? No. After the system boots, log in as, or su to, root, and invoke dmesg to view kernel messages. You're incorrect. You can pause this

Re: pausing boot process

2005-11-17 Thread David Kirchner
On 11/17/05, Eric F Crist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 17, 2005, at 10:27 AM, James Bailie wrote: J. W. Ballantine wrote: Is there someway to pause the scrolling/process so the error is read-able?? No. After the system boots, log in as, or su to, root, and invoke dmesg to