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Old 10-13-2004, 10:36 AM   #1
illwi11
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print bootup log messages when loggin in


How do you print any of the boot up log messages (diagnostic information?) when you log into a linux redhat box?

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Old 10-13-2004, 05:18 PM   #2
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Hi illwi11, welcome to lq. Try this from a terminal.

dmesg > boot.messages

That should dump a file boot.messages into the users home directory with the dmesg info.
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