diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs
index c0dc907ddc..035b3ad180 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseOpenSimServer.cs
@@ -133,17 +133,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
         /// Performs initialisation of the scene, such as loading configuration from disk.
         /// </summary>
         public virtual void Startup()
-        {
-            m_log.Info("[STARTUP]: Beginning startup processing");
-            
-            m_log.Info("[STARTUP]: OpenSimulator version: " + m_version + Environment.NewLine);
-            // clr version potentially is more confusing than helpful, since it doesn't tell us if we're running under Mono/MS .NET and
-            // the clr version number doesn't match the project version number under Mono.
-            //m_log.Info("[STARTUP]: Virtual machine runtime version: " + Environment.Version + Environment.NewLine);
-            m_log.InfoFormat(
-                "[STARTUP]: Operating system version: {0}, .NET platform {1}, {2}-bit\n",
-                Environment.OSVersion, Environment.OSVersion.Platform, Util.Is64BitProcess() ? "64" : "32");
-            
+        {            
             StartupSpecific();
             
             TimeSpan timeTaken = DateTime.Now - m_startuptime;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs
index 47baac8022..657444ca60 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs
@@ -113,6 +113,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Log information about the circumstances in which we're running (OpenSimulator version number, CLR details,
+        /// etc.).
+        /// </summary>
+        public void LogEnvironmentInformation()
+        {
+            // FIXME: This should be done down in ServerBase but we need to sort out and refactor the log4net
+            // XmlConfigurator calls first accross servers.
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[SERVER BASE]: Starting in {0}", m_startupDirectory);
+
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[SERVER BASE]: OpenSimulator version: {0}", m_version);
+
+            // clr version potentially is more confusing than helpful, since it doesn't tell us if we're running under Mono/MS .NET and
+            // the clr version number doesn't match the project version number under Mono.
+            //m_log.Info("[STARTUP]: Virtual machine runtime version: " + Environment.Version + Environment.NewLine);
+            m_log.InfoFormat(
+                "[SERVER BASE]: Operating system version: {0}, .NET platform {1}, {2}-bit",
+                Environment.OSVersion, Environment.OSVersion.Platform, Util.Is64BitProcess() ? "64" : "32");
+        }
+
         public void RegisterCommonAppenders(IConfig startupConfig)
         {
             ILoggerRepository repository = LogManager.GetRepository();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index 06487f283e..7c46a7bfdc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
             MainConsole.Instance = m_console;
 
+            LogEnvironmentInformation();
             RegisterCommonAppenders(Config.Configs["Startup"]);
             RegisterConsoleCommands();
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index f850913c67..2927f1fccf 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ namespace OpenSim
         /// <param name="configSource"></param>
         public OpenSimBase(IConfigSource configSource) : base()
         {
-            // FIXME: This should be done down in ServerBase but we need to sort out and refactor the log4net
-            // XmlConfigurator calls first accross servers.
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[SERVER BASE]: Starting in {0}", m_startupDirectory);
-
             LoadConfigSettings(configSource);
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs
index 82f4596571..e5a1c57442 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServicesServerBase.cs
@@ -178,10 +178,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Base
                 XmlConfigurator.Configure();
             }
 
-            // FIXME: This should be done down in ServerBase but we need to sort out and refactor the log4net
-            // XmlConfigurator calls first accross servers.
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[SERVER BASE]: Starting in {0}", m_startupDirectory);
-
+            LogEnvironmentInformation();
             RegisterCommonAppenders(startupConfig);
 
             if (startupConfig.GetString("PIDFile", String.Empty) != String.Empty)