David C. Rankin wrote:

Listmates, Seems like a simple question, but I've searched /var/log and can't find a file that contains the boot history showing all the "fail" messages during boot. <snip>

I rarely find 'fail' type boot messages in any of the logs. When this happens to me, I use the following rc.local, which will pause at the end of the boot process, *normally* preserving these messages: __________________________ #!/bin/bash # # /etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script. # pause at end of boot before clearing screen read -n1 __________________________ HTH...g