n00b-newbie: How do I copy the boot screen?

Lord of the Board · 09-21-2006, 07:38 AM

Hi,
I'm looking for a possibility to copy the boot screen messages. I don't know if that's the exact word. I think of the screen where I get the messages if some driver could be loaded or not. I had an error there but it passed me so fast, I'm not able to remember.

David the H. · 09-21-2006, 07:56 AM

The command 'dmesg' will show you most of what comes up during bootup, as well as various other system events that occur during use.

There are also various logs in /var/log/ where error messages often get written.

odcheck · 09-21-2006, 08:04 AM

And in order to copy them very easy...

as root on a console

Code:

dmesg > /tmp/bootstuff.txt

this will write everything in a file called bootstuff.txt

Lord of the Board · 09-21-2006, 08:17 AM

Thanks, that's what I looked for