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 > >

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 J. W. Ballantine
D] g> > From: "Steve Bertrand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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

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 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 c

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

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 ___ f