question about logging kernel problems when kernel blows up

Scott Berry scott at drscott.dyndns.biz
Mon Jan 26 12:15:46 EST 2004


Well it wasn't wanting to mount the root system.  I have a friend trying
to get a look at it and see if we can get it going.  He is more
experienced then I am at kernels.On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Nick Van Vlaenderen
wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> By default, you can check the dmesg output by entering 'dmesg' on the
> console. This will show the boot process. You can also write the output to a
> file (since it's too much information for 1 screen) using 'dmesg > file'.
>
> Also, look in /var/log/messages.
>
> By the way, what problem do you have with your kernel?
>
> Nick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Berry" <scott at drscott.dyndns.biz>
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> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 5:43 PM
> Subject: question about logging kernel problems when kernel blows up
>
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have a friend who is trying to help me debug a kernel problem.  I am
> > wondering if there is any way to log the problems that the kernel
> > encounters when you load it and it blows up.  He needs this to help me
> > debug what is wrong.  Thanks for the help.
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