i know this subject has been discussed before, but i havn't found any of the information to be entirely helpfull,i have a wyse (wy150) runnint in wy50 mode and i want all boot messages including the
'starting whatever [OK] ' lines to show on the terminal instead of the main screen, how exactly do i do this?

You can see the kernel boot messages again by entering "dmesg".
I don't know of any way to see the services startup messages ('starting whatever [OK] ' ) again.

well, thanks hko, that was interesting and perhaps someday helpfull, but not to be rude, not quite what i meant, to be more clear on my intentions, i'm trying to redirect the messages to the WYSE at boot-time so they scroll by on that screen during boot-up instead of the main screen, is this possible if so how?

Oh sorry for not seeing want you meant.
I looked it up and see that WYSE has to do with the thin-client thing.
Cool. Don't know almost nothing about it.

Assuming the thin client is talking to its server through TCP/IP or any other networking means of talking bits. By wild guessing, I'm afraid it's not easy, if possible at all, to do what you want. The kernel will need to start up in order to be able to talk TCP/IP, hence to be able to show something on a remote terminal.

If I'm at all right about guessing how WYSE's work....that is....

Here are some instructions describing how to redirect to the serial console:

1.Type "vi /etc/inittab".
2.In the "# Run gettys in standard runlevels" section, add the line "s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 DT9600 vt100".
3.Save and exit the file.

1.Type "vi /etc/lilo.conf".
2.At the end of the first section, add the line "serial=0,9600".
3.At the end of the second section, add the line "append="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600"".

For example, this is a standard lilo.conf showing where to add the two lines:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timout=50
linear
default=linux
serial=0,9600

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda5
append="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600"
4.Save and exit the file.
5.At the command prompt, Type "lilo".
6.Restart the system.

ok, it sorta works, but how about in other than 80 collum vt-100 mode?

Hey Hey Hey. Now here's something.
Would you just spare a few minutes of yours to describe me what's that all about. What's the difference between a terminal and the main screen. I just know when I turn on my PC, or my terminal with remote boot that I get all the 'starting services ...' things on my screen. Now, that's what I call my terminal also. And the main screen too.
Kindly do tell.
Thanks.