> > That's why I added, ``(or /var/log/messages)''.  If your uptime is long
 [...]
> Also, /var/run/dmesg.boot contains a copy of the kernel message buffer
 [...]

Ah, even better.  (Hm.  I'm sure that I've seen this mentioned before.
I'm getting old and my memory is failing...)  Thanks for pointing that
out.


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