Re: How log oops ?

Evan Jeffrey (ejeffrey@eliot213.wuh.wustl.edu)
Sat, 31 May 1997 12:09:28 -0500

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>
> PS: Also if you have recently (maybe even ever) made a
> kernel 'make zdisk' & still have that disk lying about
> you can use that to boot the system & get into the
> /var/adm/syslog file that way. I still recommend booting
> the recovery/repair disk & e2fsck'ng the partitions though.
>

I think his problem is simpler than that: the system crashes before klogd
gets a chance to process the message. Which is exactly why people want
external hardware to record oopses.

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