Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Turning off the obnouxious power-on sound

[Justin P. M. <jus...@gm...>]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> Everytime I power-on my Macbook Pro, it of course emits the usual "apple
>>> jingle".  Is there a way I can turn it off?
>>>        
>> I'm the only Mac coder in an office full of Windows engineers, so they
>> all know when I've arrived at work!
>> You should know that that sound is the report that the Mac has passed
>> its Power On Self Test.  If it fails there are various unpleasant
>> noises that are played instead.  It's not just there for marketing
>> purposes.
>>      
>
> I'm somewhat annoyed by the beep produced by my PC, but I learned to
> live with it.  The same may hold for my Macbook Pro, except that the
> sound is more obnoxious.  There is obviously some way to change its
> volume, but I can't find how to do that from GNU/Linux.
>
>
>          Stefan
>
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I guess if you don't want to install osx to the
hard drive you can put it on en external  ieee1394
disk.(this way you have a copy of that system for
whatever reason).

As for using linux to disable this, not sure!

Justin P. Mattock