On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:21:35 +1200 (NZST) Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > You might have missed the point - but it was a terse email. > > Search the web (STFW) for serial console kernel debugging. Oh yeah sorry, I found that easily once it was pointed out by Matthew that serial logging was the way to go. As i was working in vmware the easiest way was to set up the serial port in the virtual machine to be a file, which i could then peruse at leisure. I found the correct parameters to pass to the kernel by doing exactly what you & Matthew suggested, searching the fine web :-) I tend to set up headless boxes with serial consoles these days so I can just plug the laptop in and don't have to fossick around for a monitor and keyboard when/if something goes wrong. > > You have a second machine with a serial console program running. > The serial port of the second machine and the suspect machine are > connected by a serial cross over cable. > > There are several serial console programs you can use. Some log > all incoming text - so that when the text flashes past, you are OK> > > Derek. > ================================================= > > On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Nick Rout wrote: > > > On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:34, Derek Smithies wrote: > > > Hi, > > > �better yet, STFW. > > > > > > And, you can use this method to debug any kernel panic, it is not > > > restricted to just at boot time. > > > > > > Derek. > > > > hard to stfw if the messages flashed past before you could read them... > > > > or have i missed the point of your post? > > > > > > > > -- > Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email > IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently from > me, it has > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on someone > else's machine > ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when > (apparently) receiving a > Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me...... -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
