---"Billingham, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
> I've recently been screwing around, and installing different
> versions and distributions of Linux on my laptop, just to see the
> differences. (IBM 380 ED, 166Mhz, 80MB Ram, Internal IDE CD-Rom) Its
> actually been quite informative...from the more complex installation
> (Slakware) to the easier Setup program related distributions (Red
> Hat/Mandrake). My one question, which I haven't really come across
until
> now, is how can you view all the information that prints on the
screen when
> Linux is booting? Is that information written to a file somewhere
so that I
> can view it and see what it says? I wanted to get those files,
(find a
> modem that works with my laptop) and upload them to my other
machine. I
> just want to compare the info, from one dist to the next....just for
the
> heck of it. I'm not exactly the most experienced user, but I'm
learning :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay
type 'dmesg' or check under /var/log the files you want to compare
(i.e. messages...)
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