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To: "George Bonser" <george@gator.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux console at boot
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From: Kenneth MacDonald <kenny@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 13:46:29 +0000
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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

ADML Support, EUCS, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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