HowTo: Remove "Welcome to Fedora" boot message
HowTo: Remove "Welcome to Fedora" boot message
This is something i had plenty of problems trying to find. Most people would suspect this is hidden in GRUB but this is not the case. Its hidden in the initscripts.
HowTo: Remove or Customize "Welcome To Fedora" boot message. (Ref init-message).
Easy way. (Not the right way!) to do this. (Read More)
Open /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit in your favorate text editor.
Search for this section:
Print a text banner.
Look for this section.
elif [[ "$redhat_release" =~ "Fedora" ]]; then
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && echo -en "\\033[0;34m"
echo -en "Fedora"
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && echo -en "\\033[0;39m"
Change the BOLD text to whatever you want displayed.
Save the file and reboot.
You now can show a custom message on boot (Right before loading Interactive setup.)
If you want to do it the right way you should fix the file /etc/redhat-release or even rebuild the init package entirely while patching needed locations. The way i explain is to help you get going, its a quick fun trick you can do to customize your system a little more. Or its a good pointer on the right path to building a Fedora based distributioin (Rebranding requirements).
Hope this helps!