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How do I get screen dumps from a Linux install?

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From: Craig Irvine
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 00:00
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I have an assignment where I need to be able to get screen dumps from a 
Linux installation (from the creation of the boot/root disks to rebooting 
after the end of the installation).

I know that I can use TEE and that saves that output to a file in the 
ramdisk created from the floppy boot at the beginning.  

I want to use a nice menu format install program so that beginners will be 
able to use my assignment and basically have a hand to hold to guide them 
through.  I was thinking about using the color144 Slackware installation 
which uses curses screen codes(I think).  If I capture this information 
how do I use it with all of the screen codes to take to a DOS environment 
(which I am more capable in at this stage, but am open to suggestions as 
to how to print these out on a HP DJ540 under Linux) to manipulate and 
build my assignment around.  eg can the screen capture be filtered of the 
codes??

I appreciate any help that I can get with this as I don't relish the 
thought of manually editing the screen capture file which will be quite 
large by the end.

Since the ramdisk is rather volatile, is it possible to mount a DOS 
partition to save the screen captures to?

Does Red Hat provide a better installation interface than the Slackware 
color144 interface for beginners?

Thanks for any help!
Craig
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From: cirvine@powerup.com.au (Craig Irvine)
Subject: How do I get screen dumps from a Linux install?
Date: 1996/03/22
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