retrieving scrolled-off kernel messages [geoff at cdepot.net]

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 16:07, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> I'm getting a kernel panic from an experimental kernel and some messages I  
> want to see have scrolled off the screen.  As the system is dead at this  
> point, I can't back up to see them.

If its dead, it's _dead_, not much you can do about it.
In these situations for quick looksee's I've booted with a different
vga= option to get more lines of text onscreen. In other situations,
serial console is the way to go.

	Dave