linux-kernel - Re: Pausing kernel boot messages

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Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:13:51 +0200
From:	Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@...utronix.de>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
Cc:	"Esteban Fernandez" <estfern@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Pausing kernel boot messages

Am Montag 27 August 2007 13:58 schrieb Andreas Schwab:
> Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@...utronix.de> writes:
> 
> > Am Montag 27 August 2007 13:21 schrieb Esteban Fernandez:
> >> How do you pause the kernel boot messages ?
> >> 
> >> ^S, Pause and Scroll lock do nothing and you can't Shift-Page-Up  after a
> >> kernel panic.
> >
> > These are functions of a shell (like bash),
> 
> Definitely not.  The shell is not a console driver, it only uses it.

Right, I wasn't precise. But it's still possible that you don't have your
keyboard available during early parts of the boot process.

Hans
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