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I have done the following to find the cause next time I get a reboot loop:

- installed sysklogd (the system log daemon) from the Maemo chinook repos
- edited /etc/syslog.conf to let it save the logfiles on one of the SD cards, in my case the directory /media/mmc2/logfiles
- made sure syslog.conf is owned by root.
- I did 'update-rc.d sysklogd defaults' and 'invoke-rc.d sysklogd restart', but that might not be needed.

Below is my syslog.conf :
Code:
#  /etc/syslog.conf	Configuration file for syslogd.
#
#			For more information see syslog.conf(5)
#			manpage.

#
# First some standard logfiles.  Log by facility.
#

#auth,authpriv.*			/var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none		-/media/mmc2/logfiles/syslog
#cron.*				/var/log/cron.log
daemon.*			-/media/mmc2/logfiles/daemon.log
kern.*				-/media/mmc2/logfiles/kern.log
#lpr.*				-/var/log/lpr.log
#mail.*				-/var/log/mail.log
#user.*				-/var/log/user.log
#uucp.*				/var/log/uucp.log

#
# Logging for the mail system.  Split it up so that
# it is easy to write scripts to parse these files.
#
#mail.info			-/var/log/mail.info
#mail.warn			-/var/log/mail.warn
#mail.err			/var/log/mail.err

# Logging for INN news system
#
#news.crit			/var/log/news/news.crit
#news.err			/var/log/news/news.err
#news.notice			-/var/log/news/news.notice

#
# Some `catch-all' logfiles.
#
#*.=debug;\
#	auth,authpriv.none;\
#	news.none;mail.none	-/var/log/debug
*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
	auth,authpriv.none;\
	cron,daemon.none;\
	mail,news.none		-/media/mmc2/logfiles/messages

#
# Emergencies are sent to everybody logged in.
#
#*.emerg				*

#
# I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
# console I usually leave idle.
#
#daemon,mail.*;\
#	news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\
#	*.=debug;*.=info;\
#	*.=notice;*.=warn	/dev/tty8

# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility.  To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
# 
#    $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
#
# NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably
#      busy site..
#
daemon.*;mail.*;\
	news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
	*.=debug;*.=info;\
	*.=notice;*.=warn	|/dev/xconsole