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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
- Path: sparky!uunet!pilchuck!fnx!del
- From: del@fnx.uucp (Dag Erik Lindberg)
- Subject: Re: Where have all the messages of fsck gone ?????
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.182701.10403@fnx.uucp>
- Organization: I/Ovations
- References: <1992Sep05.081011.395@rubikon.han.de>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 18:27:01 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- >Hi!
-
- >I run a little Unix (SYSVR3) maschine for mail & Newsbatching 24 Hours a day.
- >My Problem is: If the power is lost and i'm not sitting in front of the
- >machine all the messages of fsck are lost.
-
- >Is there any way to get the messages of fsck back ???
-
- The correct answer to this question is vendor dependent, and you did not
- specify which manufacturer Unix you are running. For example, SCO
- provides /usr/adm/conlog (or something like that, I can't remember)
- which has a record of all the machine boot messages whenever the machine
- is allowed to boot automatically. Interactive provides nothing like
- that, but has a kernel build option to install "Operating System
- Messages" support. Once you have selected that option, there will be a
- device '/dev/osm' which will FIFO all the messages normally sent to the
- console (they will also still appear at the console). Then you can put
- the following command in your rc2.d:
-
- cat < /dev/osm > /usr/adm/console.log
-
- Then you will have a record of everything that happens not only during
- auto-boot, but any time.
-
- If you don't have either SCO or Interactive, you'll just have to ask
- again, providing your Unix manufacturer this time.
-
- --
- del AKA Erik Lindberg uunet!pilchuck!fnx!del
- Who is John Galt?
-