boot messages

[Andrew Mathews]

Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I want to put little messages in the various boot scripts (like in 
> /etc/rc.d/rc.modules) so that I can track the boot process.  I would 
> like these messages to appear someplace where I can review them, such 
> as in dmesg.  So far, I have simply put
> echo "blah blah"
> into scripts and the messages appear on the screen during boot-up but 
> not in either dmesg (or /var/log/messages) which is where I would like 
> them.
> Does someone know how to do this?  I would really appreciate a hint on 
> this one.
> Thanks much in advance!
> 
> 
> 

Try:
echo "blah blah" >> /var/log/boot.log or
echo "blah blah" >> /var/log/messages.

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