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Subject: Re: Question on quieting kernel boot
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>From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling Smørgrav)
>
>judging from the source code, it causes any attempt to write to or
>read from the console to silently discard all data.
>
>note that console != ttyv0, so you'll still get a login prompt.

Thanks.

Looks like both options are extremes of what I'm after.  I'm really looking 
for a quiet option, to cut out the cruft.  However, as there is a verbose 
boot option that might give me a starting point for a quieter boot option.

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Rob  |  What part of "no" was it you didn't understand?

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