Re: Aiee... (2.1.8[156])

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:57:38 +0000 (GMT)


On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:

> If someone knows how to get the kernel to record the panic messages
> *before* crashing please tell me <g>

If you can, try to get (and enable) a serial console. This needn't be
a "real" VTxxx; an old DOS box running kermit, and a Win3.1 box with
terminal should be enough to do the job ok.

When I can get my hands on a lineprinter, I intend to fix up a parallel
console patch....

Matthew.

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