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The /var/log/boot.log file is empty in RedHat (5.3 is what tested with and seen), this is a known problem, see link and info below to workaround

Basically it is doing some # out of a file.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=151238

Robin R. Price II 2010-04-22 12:21:35 EDT Comment 49

Putting in a workaround for anyone who is curious:

* You need to edit /etc/init.d/functions file. There are 4 points: success,
failure, passed, warning.


* before:

:
# Log that something succeeded
success() {
  #if [ -z "${IN_INITLOG:-}" ]; then
  #   initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s "$1" -e 1
  #fi
  [ "$BOOTUP" != "verbose" -a -z "${LSB:-}" ] && echo_success
  return 0
}
:

* after:

:
# Log that something succeeded
success() {
  if [ -z "${IN_INITLOG:-}" ]; then
     initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s "$1" -e 1
  fi
  [ "$BOOTUP" != "verbose" -a -z "${LSB:-}" ] && echo_success
  return 0
}
:


Do this to all four functions.  Note:  Your console will be flooded by each
service echoing out: "WARNING: initlog is deprecated and will be removed in a
future release" but /var/log/boot.log will be populated.

-- Robin

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