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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 07:54:15 -0800
From: Kent Byerley <kentb AT vnd DOT tek DOT com>
Organization: Tektronix Inc.,  Beaverton, OR
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To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
CC: opendos AT delorie DOT com, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: wish list 2.0
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Jude DaShiell wrote:
> 
> I just thought of something, the config.log and autoexec.log files should
> always generate on a boot.  If there were no errors in config.sys when
> the machine booted then config.log could be erased.
> If there were no errors in autoexec.bat then autoexec.log could
> be erased.  Boots should do destructive writing of these log files.
> If an error does happen or perhaps more than one error, perhaps the offending
> parameter on the command line could be tagged with a caret
> in front of it.
> I know systems especially the faster ones boot up too fast
> even for people with 20:20 vission to read the screen much of the time and this
> feature were it implemented would remove
> that requirement.
> 
> On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 22 Mar 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote:
> >
> > > If possible, opendos shouldn't be permitted to boot
> > > up on anyone's machine without writing a config.log and autoexec.log
> > > file if any errors are encountered in either config.sys or autoexec.bat
> > > files.  If those files generate under error conditions
> > > fixing problems and documenting problems will be much easier.
> > > Probably the line number where the error happened should be
> > > put into the log files along with the error message.
> > > jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
> >
> > YES!  Much like the system logs in Linux (ala syslogd and klogd).
> > Those logs come in VERY HANDY when trying to pinpoint trouble.
> >
> > Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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> >
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> >
> >
> 
> jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>

Couldn't we get by with just one file "boot.log".  I would hate the
growing list of possible
log file to track through to find a bootup problem.


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