Can't read the error messages

[Lai Zit Seng]

Gordon Hay wrote:
> FC4 has been fine for months, suddenly today won't boot.
> 
> Messages are produced in large numbers, and the screen scrolls far too
> fast for me to read them.
> 
> Is there a simple way to stop the scrolling so I can read the messages?
> (Neither Scroll Lock nor Pause seems to do it...)

If your system does not lock up too early in the boot process, perhaps 
you can try booting into single user mode and figure out what was printed :)

Regards,

.lzs
http://thinkingfarm.com/~lzs/