From c88b4cfb2462abe3f52adbbff7e523c2c9881512 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rasmus Bondesson <raek@raek.se>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:46:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] README: Adjust "Is it working?" a bit, mention "systemctl
 status"

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 README.md | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6490ec2..711b267 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,21 +37,29 @@ For better performances. `RSYNC` is a recommended package.
 **REBOOT** before installing anything else (for example apache2)
 
 ## Is it working?
-You can now check the mount folder in ram with (You will see lines with log2ram if working)
+After installing and rebooting, use systemctl to check if Log2Ram started successfully:
+
+```
+systemctl status log2ram
+```
+
+This will show a color-coded status (green active/red failed) as well as the last few log lines. To show the full log (scrolled to the end), run:
+
 ```
-# df -h
-…
+journalctl -u log2ram -e
+```
+
+The log is also written to `/var/log/log2ram.log`.
+
+You can also inspect the mount folder in ram with (You will see lines with log2ram if working)
+```
+# df -h | grep log2ram
 log2ram          40M  532K   40M   2% /var/log
-…
 
-# mount
-…
+# mount | grep log2ram
 log2ram on /var/log type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=40960k,mode=755)
-…
 ```
 
-The log for log2ram will be written at: `/var/log/log2ram.log` and available with `sudo journalctl -t log2ram`
-
 ## Upgrade
 
 You need to stop log2ram (`service log2ram stop`) and start the [install](#install). (APT will do it automatically)