Re: [LI] trivia:get error messages into a file?

[Sitaram Chamarty <sitaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 08:10:07AM +0530, Archan Paul wrote:

> I think the above info is enough for u to trap those dammm messages!!! If
> klogd or syslogd dies before these messages, then write a kernel module or
> modify ur init code to do the same. ( very tricky stuff to do!! but not
> impossible for a die hard linuxer ;-) )

I believe it may be easier if you have a printer on the parallel
port.  You ought to be able to symlink /dev/console to it and spew
it out there...

Keep a recovery disk handy though; iirc the next bootup may not be
pretty until you restore /dev/console to its normal state :-)

[Havent tried it - just an idea...]
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