On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> From: m.roth@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: system startup sound
>
> Timo Schoeler wrote:
>> On 12/10/2010 05:42 PM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Ritika Garg wrote:
>>>> Whenever the system boots there is sound ( beep ). Is there any way to
>>>> disable it?
>>>
>>> That's a firmware/BIOS thing, if it's the one I think.
>>
>> Pull the cable of the internal PC speaker. The annoying 'beep' is the
>> only sensible sound that thing is capable of, anyways. (Yes, I know
>> there are ways to redirect sound to that crappy device an yes, I had
>> hard laughs of it way back in Amiga times, too. :)
>
> On the other hand, I *have* diagnosed problems from the beep code, which
> it's not hard to look up.
Yes, that's a good point worth remembering.
I also use the initial 'beep' from a reboot as an indicator
that my fresh kickstart installation has just finished.
Keith
--
In theory, theory and practice are the same;
in practice they are not.
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