hey this quick and minimalistic patch [1] to rc.{sysinit,single,multi} here works to capture almost the complete boot output in per-script manner in /bootlog. don't forget to mkdir /bootlog when you apply it. use less -r to read them, and don't be irritated, it will change the results for right-aligned output (like [DONE]). dmesg errors aren't recorded, but those go to /var/log/dmesg.log anyway. [1] http://ix.io/1Tx/diff