http://linuxexchange.org/questions/812/how-to-gather-troubleshooting-information-during-startup<p>I am trying to get linux installed on an older laptop. Some of the time it starts up and runs just fine. But most attempts of at starting the laptop gets through BIOS and starts linux. Then during the time when /dev is being populated the laptop abruptly powers off.</p> <p>I do not have any information about what is going wrong on the failed startups. Is there a way to get some logging information out of one of these failed startup attempts? Is there some other troubleshooting technique I should be using?</p>enFri, 20 Jan 2017 15:31:21 -0000