> hi guys,
> 
> how is it possible to get the boot output when booting from install 
> floppies? the output of the boot kernel goes just too fast and i need to 
> see what it is reporting...
> 
> i looked around the mfs that it creates, but no /var/log/messages can be 
> found. dmesg is also not present. what can i do to get the information? 

There should be /kern/msgbuf which contains install-kernel output.

HTH
-Alex