Way to simulate boot-up and prt msgs to a file?

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3 total messages Started by miner Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:32

#3762

Author: miner
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:32

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There are times when you need to read the messages on the screen
during boot-up.  I can slow down my computer by turning turbo off but
sometimes that's not slow enough.

I know (= I think) I can pause these messages by inserting pauses in
autoexec.bat and by using PAUSEDEV or TPDEV to pause config.sys; but I
don't want it to do this *every time* I boot up.

It seems somebody ought to have come up with a program that lets you
simulate boot-up and print the messages to a file.  'Course I'm way
over my head here and there may be reasons why it's impossible; but I
thought it was worth asking.  Or maybe there are other solutions to
this problem?

-Ken
-- 
miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu | Nobody can explain everything to everybody.
opinions are my own      | G. K. Chesterton

Re: Way to simulate boot-up and prt msgs to a file?

#3757

Author: kraai4712
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:53

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In article <1993Jan26.173204.46781@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> There are times when you need to read the messages on the screen
> during boot-up.  I can slow down my computer by turning turbo off but
> sometimes that's not slow enough.

Hi, Ken!  How's the database search going?

Why simulate, just use what's already built in, <Ctrl-PrintScreen>.

When the computer starts it's reads of the CONFIG.SYS, toggle the printer on
(make sure your printer's on) and away it will go.  Don't forget to toggle it
off when it's done booting up.

Granted, it's not going to a file, but you do get hard copy of the real thing.

--jim

Re: Way to simulate boot-up and prt msgs to a file?

#3771

Author: "Peter R. Humphrey"
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:12

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In article <1993Jan26.173204.46781@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

>I know (= I think) I can pause these messages by inserting pauses in
>autoexec.bat and by using PAUSEDEV or TPDEV to pause config.sys; but I
>don't want it to do this *every time* I boot up.

Why don't you just sit with your finger near the Pause key, ready to hit 
it when an interesting diagnostic appears?

-- 
Rgds

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