[Greg McKaskle]

If you look at the console during boot, it is similar to what you'll see on a linux console or a DOS console. The stream of text will tell you that is is booting, some components and some version numbers, and at some point will stop changing.

Then if you have an error at the driver or OS level, it will print out details about the error -- very useful.

If it crashes, it will often tell you the library name, maybe an address or reason for the crash -- also very useful.

Sometimes it crashes and doesn't tell you anything, but you see the boot sequence and know for certain that it crashed.

Greg McKaskle