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On Mon, 11 May 2009 17:20:10 -0700 |
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James Ausmus wrote: |
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> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Dan Cowsill <danthehat@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Hello list, |
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> > I've been trying to get to the bottom of my recent troubles with my |
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> > IDE controller working with the 2.6.28 kernel. Now, linux never |
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> > boots without a kernel panic, so dmesg never gets logged... Is |
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> > there any way to have the kernel dump the boot log somewhere? I'd |
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> > settle for scrolling up, really. |
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> > |
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> If you have a serial port, you can enable serial console in the kernel |
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> config, and boot with a "console=ttyS0" kernel parameter, to see all |
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> the output on a serially attached (via null modem cable or adapter) |
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> computer... |
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> -James |
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An alternative to the serial port is your ethernet connection. The |
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kernel can output to ethernet and you can capture the info using |
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netconsole. |
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