With my laptop, if I turn down the sound, the next time I boot, the sound
stays down and I don't hear the beeping (or I hear a very low-volume beep,
reflecting how low I turned it down the last time). Does this not work for
you?

--Dave

<quote who="Soren Harward">
> On Mon 24 Mar 2003 at 15:57:49, Tony Vance said:
>> Can I silence the double beep during Redhat 8.0 boot up?  I think that
>> Redhat beeps when it checks for hardware during boot up.  As I use a
>> laptop in class, it would be nice if I could get it to boot silently.
>> Any ideas?
>
> I think that this happens when PCMCIA initializes a card.  I don't have
> a laptop handy to check, but I seem to remember seeing an option -- in
> the cardctl program, maybe? -- to turn off beeping.
>
> Other than a screwdriver and some wire cutters, this is the only thing I
> can think of.
>
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