>Just out of interest, is the i386 the only machine that trashes memory
>on a reset, and thus has this problem?  Or is this another off the wall
>question from Simon before the first coffee of that day?

actually it doesn't.  at least...not every time.  if i bust a reboot
(or a halt, or a panic...basically, anything except the power or reset
buttons) at a root prompt, the previous boot's dmesg stuff is still
there.

at least, it used to be...where did it go?

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