On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 06:36:37AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
> run bsd. You can't pull a dmesg out of a kernel that wasn't run (note
> that some machines don't clear their RAM between boots, so you can
> sometimes see multiple dmesgs if you have rebooted without powering
> down. Usual rule: if this would be convenient for you, it won't work,
> your machine will have cleared RAM before boot. :)
Very true: my machine keeps the dmesg buffer intact when it's rebooted
normally, but every now and then it just spontaneously and instantly
reboots (I suspect the hardware) but you've guessed it: in that case
the dmesg doesn't survive the reboot...
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Jurjen Oskam
Savage's Law of Expediency:
You want it bad, you'll get it bad.
