On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Rod Butcher wrote:
> Sluggers, can you tell me how I can step thru the messages when I boot
> up.. i.e. thru Lilo and then the initial kernel startup... they normally
> flash by too fast for me to read, and I need to know what they are on a
> successful boot so I can compare them with the messages I get when I try
> to boot 2.6.9 (which is failing).
shift-pgup
Will work for the extent of your video card's memory/frame buffer, and
*only* if you don't switch VC's before checking.
You may not be able to scroll back right to the beginning of the bootup
sequence, but you can usually {with modern video cards} get pretty close.
DaZZa
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