On 23-10-2011 19:35, Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Mauro Santos > <registo.mailling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Do you know if the shutdown messages are logged somewhere or if it's >> possible to log them somewhere (I've grepped through the logs but didn't >> find anything), as it might come in handy since shutdown happens really >> fast and there isn't much time to read any warnings or errors. > > We don't log shutdown as the disks are being unmounted. What I usually > do is to edit /etc/rc.conf and add "bash" on a line just before the > final shutdown. That will give you a shell and you can view the > previous messages, and when you are done you just "exit" to continue > shutting down. > > Cheers, > > Tom > Oh nice idea, not ideal to catch one-off problems but better than nothing :) ( and I guess you meant /etc/rc.shutdown but I got the idea :) ). Thanks for the tips and explanations :) -- Mauro Santos
