You mean the learning curve for the musical format? Well, there are plenty of examples out there for the GRUB_INIT_TUNE parameter for debian's version of grub. Here are some xexamples. They should work in ubuntu, vinux, and sonar too. # Play "On Wisconsin" at boot GRUB_INIT_TUNE="600 294 5 277 2 330 4 294 5" # Play a foru note tune at boot: GRUB_INIT_TUNE="2000 400 4 0 1 500 4 0 1 600 4 0 1 800 6" In an earlier message I posted a script that plays your GRUB_INIT_TUNE similar to what it will sound like when you boot. I couldn't get it exactly the same but it is close enough so you can test your tunes. In fact, I would really like to write something that takes a ABC music file and converts it to beep codes and converts beep codes to a grub I can't imagine when I'll ever have that much spare time though.tune. On 11/07/13 12:39, Katherine Moss wrote:
Must be quite a learning curve there then?
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of John G. Heim Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 1:39 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible boot loader
I have to correct something I said earlier. I tried getting grub to play a sound file at boot and it did not work. You can give grub a the name of a file to play at boot but it isn't a raw sound file. It's a data file with notes to play in what I assume is a format specific to grub.
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