I have wondered about this for a long time. Thanks for what you have provided. However; After putting in --noclear, it was stated that you could scroll the terminal to see the messages. I haven't been able to figure out how to do that. Could you give instructions. I am a screen farther than I used to be but would like to go back further, if possible. As a follow on, is there a way to freeze or print the bios messages that come up during boot describing the discs? I tried pushing the "PrintScr" button and either nothing happened or I don't know where to look for the output. Any help would be much appreciated.