Pause boot to read info/Dump boot info to file?

[fitzhugh]

Is it possible to dump the info that scrolls by on boot into a file? If it is already done, where would I find the file? This would help debug and help me learn about linux and Puppy in particular. I tried the ^S & ^C as suggested in another thread - it does stop, but nothing I tried would get it to start again, so I'm missing something. Having it in a file would be even better, though pausing would be nice.

Thanks!
Fitzhugh