[newbie] initialization printout?

[dandimmitt]

When I boot my system (2006rc2x86-64) there are two red “fails” at the end of the sequence, but it prints out and disappears before I can read it.  Is there a way to access that initialization information?  I would like to find out what is going on. Tia Dan   -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.6/111 - Release Date: 9/23/2005