From: Ron Marriage <marriage@seidata.com>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Preventing Lilo from clearing the screen
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:22:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C44F20B.41AF0858@seidata.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201151144330.300-100000@sunshine.oaksoft.com>
An easier way might be to type
dmesg | less
at the command prompt.
Ron
Jason Castonguay wrote:
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> I apologize if this question has been asked before, but it appears that
> Lilo clears the screen at its prompt. I want it not to clear the screen
> so that when I get to Linux's login prompt, I can push shift-page-up to go
> back and see some of the stuff the CMOS puts on the screen before a system
> actually boots. Is there a command or something that I can put in
> lilo.conf to keep it from clearing the screen?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> "Let music echo the thoughts of your soul."
>
> -- Jason Castonguay <jcast@snet.net>
>
> The Moon is Waxing Crescent (4% of Full)
>
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