Silent boot
This page is for those who prefer to limit the verbosity of their system to a strict minimum, either for aesthetics or other reasons. Following this guide will remove all text from the bootup process.
Syslinux+Systemd
Your /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg should look something like:
$ grep APPEND /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg | head -n1 APPEND root=/dev/sda1 ro 5 init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd quiet vga=current
Grub configs
To avoid the verbose text, you can add this line to the grub kernel command "quiet console=tty12". It will send the outpout of the boot process to the "tty 12", while remaining on the "tty 1".
Example configuration for /boot/grub/menu.lst
# (0) Arch Linux title Arch Linux root (hd0,5) kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/b2f2fc9a-6305-4770-aed2-fccb3ec51d5c ro quiet console=tty12 initrd /kernel26.img
This configuration will only leave the Arch logo on the screen for the whole boot process. If you would like to also remove the logo, simply add "logo.nologo" to the kernel command, like this:
# (0) Arch Linux title Arch Linux root (hd0,5) kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/b2f2fc9a-6305-4770-aed2-fccb3ec51d5c ro quiet console=tty12 logo.nologo initrd /kernel26.img
/etc/inittab
The file /etc/inittab is responsible for the prompts you get in your ttys. The boot process taking place in tty 1, i want to remove the prompt in that tty so that no text is displayed whatsoever. So i am gonna deactivate tty1 completely. Simply comment the line responsible for it in the /etc/initab file. The line to comment is this one:
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
This is what my inittab file looks like with that line commented:
# # /etc/inittab # # Runlevels: # 0 Halt # 1(S) Single-user # 2 Not used # 3 Multi-user # 4 Not used # 5 X11 # 6 Reboot ## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented! # Boot to console #id:3:initdefault: # Boot to X11 id:5:initdefault: rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p # -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login #c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux # Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM #h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 hvc0 linux ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now # Example lines for starting a login manager #x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon #x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon #x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon #x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null x:5:once:/bin/su yourusername -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c /usr/bin/startx >/dev/null 2>&1"
Patching grub
(coming soon)