# Boot logging (boot process, dmesg)

**URL:** <https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/boot-logging-boot-process-dmesg/6321>\
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**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/boot-logging-boot-process-dmesg/6321 "2021-03-12T09:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![gennadyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gennadyk](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/gennadyk)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/boot-logging-boot-process-dmesg/6321/1 "2021-03-12T09:48:22Z")

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Hi. How i can record all system logs (boot, dmesg)? I check /var/log/message , it is clean

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**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/mangoh.discourse.group/jyijyi/32/997_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/jyijyi)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/boot-logging-boot-process-dmesg/6321/2 "2021-03-12T10:41:55Z")

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You can use “logread”

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**Author:** ![gennadyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gennadyk](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/gennadyk)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/boot-logging-boot-process-dmesg/6321/3 "2021-03-12T11:13:06Z")

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if i correctly undersootd logread logs only legato info, i try config syslogd, it doesn’t work

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**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/mangoh.discourse.group/jyijyi/32/997_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/jyijyi)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/boot-logging-boot-process-dmesg/6321/4 "2021-03-12T15:52:37Z")

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See if this helps

> **[Syslog + Legato logread](https://forum.legato.io/t/syslog-legato-logread/4298/5)**
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> Hey sorry to dig again into that thread but I found something that could help with logs. There is a file: /etc/syslog-startup.conf where you can update the config to change the log output. For example if you want to log into /home/root/syslog.log...