Mail Archives: opendos/1997/04/04/18:46:25
On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, yeep wrote:
> result
> > > captures, by comparing the precommand start and the following, we could
> > > easily determine why the machine is taking five minutes to boot!
> >
> > Yeah, it would take 5 minutes because of the time needed to write
> > to the logfile. :o)
>
> Well that's what cashe is for, isn't it?
> Let the bootfile be written in the cache and later to DISK, but only use
> this option if you are sure your computer will complete it's boot process,
> otherwise you'd lose your log file ;-))
I was just poking a joke in there. I like the idea though. It
is the same way as syslog works. For example:
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Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Console: 8 point font, 400 scans
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x50, 1
virtual console (max 63)
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Calibrating delay loop.. ok -
33.18 BogoMIPS
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Memory: 6804k/8192k available
(616k kernel code, 384k reserved, 388k data)
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: This processor honours the WP
bit even when in
supervisor mode. Good.
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Swansea University Computer
Society TCP/IP for
NET3.034
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok,
fpu using exception 16 error reporting.
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction...
Ok.
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Linux version 2.0.29
(root AT capslock) (gcc version 2.7.2) #1 Fri Mar 14 07:11:59 EST
1997
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Sound initialization started
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: <Sound Blaster 16 (4.5)> at
0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: <Sound
Blaster 16> at 0x330 irq 5 dma 0
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: <Yamaha OPL3 FM> at 0x388
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: Sound initialization complete
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: hda: Maxtor 7540 AV, 515MB
w/32kB Cache, LBA, CHS=523/32/63
Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: hdb: Maxtor 7850 AR, 814MB
w/64kB Cache, LBA, CHS=827/32/63
Apr 3 23:55:38 capslock kernel: hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5302TA,
ATAPI CDROM drive
Apr 3 23:55:38 capslock kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq
14
Apr 3 23:55:38 capslock kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq
15
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The above information is VERY useful when trying to diagnose
problems. I think that the logs should be "appending" by default
though - as is syslog. My logs are getting big, but I don't
care. It's easy to archive/delete/whatever them.
Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
Computer Consultant | Coming soon: dynamic-IP-freedom...
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