Mark Thomas <mark@theswamp.org> typed:
: When I reboot my NetBSD 1.6.2 i386 machine I see several errors scrolling by
: on the screen prior to 'Login:', how can I view these messages after I login?
: They are not listed in dmesg, and I could not find any reference to them 
: in /var/log/.

Redirect all the output to a file for one boot, e.g. near the top of the file
/etc/rc (i.e. between the "#!/bin/sh" line and the following stuff), insert

 exec >/boot-log 2>&1

then reboot and examine /boot-log .  Remove the "exec ..." line when you're
done.

Regards,
-- 
Geoff Wing : <gcw@pobox.com>