[debian-non-standard] information regarding /var/log

[ffw.s at gmx.de]

On Monday 10 March 2008 22:08:37 Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> ffw.s at gmx.de schrieb:
>
> (...)
>
> >>> I tried to flash from firmware version 4.3.8 BETA, interesting point is
> >>> that harddisk devices are still named hdaX and not sdaX.
> >>
> >> If it blinks, it means it reads.
> >>
> >> Try adding some startup scripts which would help you diagnose the
> >> problem (network configuration etc, save it to a file).
> >
> > But if it would boot, something should be written to /var/log or not? No
> > file is changed there.
>
> It *should*, but there can be lots of reasons why it didn't.
> Something doesn't work properly - that's why I suggested adding a
> startup script to help diagnose the problem (the earlier in the startup
> sequence, the better).
>
> If it blinks for ~30 seconds as you said, it almost certainly boots.

Is runlevel 2 the default runlevel here as well?