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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:50:53 -0700
From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Increasing dmesg buffer size?
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On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:46:01PM -0500, Jordan Breeding wrote:
> What kernel parameter do I need to modify in the source to allow a
> larger dmesg buffer?  I have a lot of boot messages and I currently
> loose about 10-20 lines immediately and they can not even be seen in
> /var/log/dmesg because that file gets dumped after those lines are
> already gone.  Thanks to anyone who can help.
> 

Does dmesg wrap around before klogd can grab the info?  Check
/var/log/kern.log (in debian, your filename may vary...) to see...

Mike
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