Re: Linux console at boot

From: Kenneth MacDonald (kenny@holyrood.ed.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2002 - 08:46:29 EST

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>>>>> "George" == George Bonser <george@gator.com> writes:

    George> Is there any way to stop the console scrolling during
    George> boot? My reason for this is I am trying to troubleshoot a
    George> boot problem with 2.4.18-pre7 and I would like to give a
    George> more useful report than "it won't boot" but the screen
    George> outputs information every few seconds and I can't "freeze"
    George> the display so I can copy down the initial error(s).

Does keeping SHIFT-PAGEUP help? It'll warp back to the bottom on
output, but should give you enough time to get what you need. Try
taking a photo of the screen while pressing that key combination too.

-- Kenny

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