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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dmesg for Previous Boot?
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:20:50
Message-Id: 200510171118.14047.mcbrides9@comcast.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Dmesg for Previous Boot? by Ian Brandt
1 On Sunday 16 October 2005 18:25, Ian Brandt wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > Is it possible to get the dmesg for the boot prior to the current one?
5 >
6
7 No. Once the kernel reboots, the dmesg data is lost. Unless ofcourse you put
8 this in /etc/conf.d/local.start:
9
10 #!/bin/bash
11 # /etc/conf.d/local.start
12 /bin/dmesg > /var/log/dmesg
13
14 Then you will at the least have a log of the current dmesg, which could be
15 rotated.
16
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Dmesg for Previous Boot? Christoph Gysin <cgysin@×××.ch>
Re: [gentoo-user] Dmesg for Previous Boot? Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>