From 172f3686338df3fd432d03f3f8dfd202663f577f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Barlow Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:59:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] fix markup --- doc/admin.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/admin.rst b/doc/admin.rst index 3ea30f60..78e0c0d7 100644 --- a/doc/admin.rst +++ b/doc/admin.rst @@ -138,9 +138,15 @@ Logs written to :file:`/run/log/` will not survive a reboot or crash, as it is an ephemeral filesystem. On supported hardware you can enable logging to `pstore -` which -means the most recent log messages will be preserved on reboot. -Set the config option ``logging.persistent.enable = true``, log messages will be written to :file:/dev/pmsg0. After rebooting, +`_ which +means the most recent log messages will be preserved on reboot. Set +the config option ``logging.persistent.enable = true`` to log messages +to :file:`/dev/pmsg0` as well as to the regular log. This is a +circular buffer, so when it fills up newer messages will overwrite the +oldest messages. + +To check the previous messages after a (planned or forced) reboot, +you need to mooun the pstore filesystem. .. code-block:: console