Alan, Thank you for your reply. I did check /etc/default/grub and found this: GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.lvm.lv=centos/swap vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.lvm.lv=centos/root crashkernel=auto vconsole.keymap=us rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0" GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" rhgb quiet is listed there. I tried putting it at the end of the line like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.lvm.lv=centos/swap vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.lvm.lv=centos/root crashkernel=auto vconsole.keymap=us rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0 rhgb quiet" but this had no effect. I continue to get a verbose print. I ran this on disk 4 (CentOS 7). It does not pickup the Win8.1Pro disk. # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.6.3.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.6.3.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-84b1d64fe1a04a13bc21bd841d2b5c62 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-84b1d64fe1a04a13bc21bd841d2b5c62.img Found openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64) on /dev/sdb2 Found Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) on /dev/sdc3 done I ran it again on disk 2 (openSUSE) to make sure it was up to date. #grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... Found theme: /boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/theme.txt Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.10-21-desktop Found initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.11.10-21-desktop Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop Found initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop Found Windows 8 (loader) on /dev/sda1 Found Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) on /dev/sdc3 Found CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406 (Core) on /dev/mapper/centos-root done In answer to your question I used an install disk with the CentOS 7 iso for my machine on disk 4. I did not partition it but let the installation automatically partition the disk. Both disk 3 and disk 4 are external by USB. Again thank you for the reply, Reynold On 09/02/2014 11:56 PM, Alan McRae wrote: > add "rhgb quiet" to the end of the grub kernel command line (the one > containing /vmlinuz-...). > > rhgb = "Redhat Graphical Boot" > > I assume you handcrafted the boot. You will see CentOS 7 has this > in /etc/default/grub. > > Alan > > On 03/09/2014 11:15, Reynold wrote: >> Hello, >> >> This is my first post to this mailing list. I have disks set up: >> >> disk 1: windows 8.1 pro (entire disk) >> disk 2: openSUSE 13.1 - 1 partition, storage on partition 2 >> disk 3: Fedora 20 - 1 partition, storage on partition 2 >> disk 4: CentOS 7 (entire disk) >> >> My grub2 screen is located on disk 2 and has openSUSE logo and >> screen. All operating systems start from this grub screen just fine. >> When I choose to start CentOS 7 from the grub screen I am sent to >> disk 4 with no problem and the operating system begins to load. >> >> When CentOS 7 begins to load it loads in verbose. I get a very >> detailed showing of everything that is happening while the system is >> loading (this is what I might call init 3). Then it brings me to the >> login screen with the user and password prompt (this is in what I >> might call init 5). I insert the user's password and I am brought to >> the desktop. There are no errors in loading the operating system. >> >> When each of the other systems are loaded there is always a system >> splash screen hiding the verbose readout until I arrive at the login >> screen. I want to know how I can bring back the splash screen on >> CentOS 7 to hide the verbose readout. I believe each operating system >> has a bootloader on their respective disks. >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> >> Reynold DeMarco Jr. >> reynoldlinux at gmail.com <mailto:reynoldlinux at gmail.com> >> 858-603-1725 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Reynold DeMarco Jr. reynoldlinux at gmail.com <mailto:reynoldlinux at gmail.com> 858-603-1725