I know if this is possible, the log can be very large, but I am running alpha 11 and would like to know what the log looks like when it reboots every 4 hours when in the car.

is it possible to save the serial log locally as a text file so I can review it later?

Thanks in advance.

Not in a simple way, no. Would require changing a lot of things such as: Making a change to Hijack so that it mounts the parition as read-write in the car (bad), writing a program to actually do the thing you're saying (maybe a script file would be enough, but I don't know), and set that script to run at boot up.

good points...i didnt think about r/w in the car...that would be bad...

somehow i am obsessed with getting the log in the car w/o a laptop.

another idea popped into my head...

is there an easy way to hook up a pda via serial in the sled and capture the log?

( i saw the note in the faq about the serial connector in the sled, but i have not absorbed its meaning yet.)

I've bought a few AirCable Bluetooth Serial adapters (link to BBS thread here), one for my docking station at home and another for in-car use. I haven't hooked it up yet in the car, but this would be a good solution for a cable-less install where you could still get the serial data out of the player. You could probably even use a terminal program on a PDA to get the output if that PDA has BT support (and the terminal app, too).

What about the IR port? Or was there no IRDA on the empeg's side?