> > Seems I've asked this before, but I'll be darned if I can find the > answer somewhere in my archives. I need to capture a kernel OOPS > somehow. I've got a server that seems to be trigger happy and locking > up/crashing once every 24 hours or so. The unfortunate thing is that > I'm not there when it happens to look on the monitor and see if I can > discern anything from there (usually one of the other guys come in > before me and they simply hit the reset button because they don't > understand the gibberish on screen anyway.) So, I need to figure out a > way to capture that OOPS. Since it's not send to syslog, I can't send > it to another machine for logging. What other methods are there of > doing this? This machine doesn't have a serial link that I can link up > to another either. So, anyone? Time to show my age. There used to be a kernel compile option that would allow you to have your console on a line printer. I'm not sure that is available anymore but there must be a way to echo all text that is intended for the console to a printer. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
