One grub, two operating systems, problem solved.

[John G Heim]

It probably wasn't a grub problem though, right? It's possible to fix a 
problem with a machine speaking boot messages via changing the grub 
configuration but you'd probably have had to set that up yourself in the 
first place. I'm guessing that what you had to do was either keep the 
speakup_soft kernel module from loading or stop espeakup from being 
started during the boot. But those things don't directly apply to grub.

PS: One trick I have for dealing with grub is to make it play a tune at 
boot time. In a way, it's just for fun. But it helps in that you get the 
3 or 4 seconds while the tune is playing to interrupt the boot. Another 
reason I like the tune is that it is a lot more definite than a beep. 
Some computers beep during powerup and the tune makes it clear when it's 
at the grup screen. I wrote a bash script to make it easier for me to 
add a grub init tune. The script is available here:

http://www.iavit.org/~john/Debian/grub-init-tune


There are instructions in the file itself for how to use it. There are 
also a couple of example tunes you can cut/paste into your 
/etc/default/grub file.








On 09/26/2016 07:17 AM, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
> Okay, playing a bit with the grub file in /etc/defaults and its solved.
> Nice quiet bootups in both Arch installations now.
>
> Chuck
>

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