Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 18:37:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike A. Harris" Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" To: yeep cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: wish list 2.0 In-Reply-To: <199704032109.XAA15063@magigimmix.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: --------------------------- 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: at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: at 0x330 irq 5 dma 0 Apr 3 23:55:37 capslock kernel: 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 --------------------------------------- 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... My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca URL: Digital Equipment Corp. http://www.digital.com