if getent group systemd-journal >/dev/null; then
usermod -aG systemd-journal iank
fi
-# https://askubuntu.com/questions/33416/how-do-i-disable-the-boot-splash-screen-and-only-show-kernel-and-boot-text-inst
-# it suggests not having plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text, but
-# making it not installed then kills plymouth, then makes
-# the system not boot.
-sed -ri 's/(^ *GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX.*)quiet splash/\1/' /etc/default/grub
-# on xenial, no grub is displayed at all. fix that.
-# found just by noticing this in the config file, and a
-# warning about it in error.log
-sed -i '/^ *GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT/d' /etc/default/grub
-update-grub2
+
# this is usefull. Only thing reason I see this being disabled by default is
# that a normal user can disrupt the system, eg cause a reboot.
EOF
+if [[ $FAI_ACTION != dirinstall ]]; then
+ chroot $FAI_ROOT bash <<'EOF'
+ # https://askubuntu.com/questions/33416/how-do-i-disable-the-boot-splash-screen-and-only-show-kernel-and-boot-text-inst
+ # it suggests not having plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text, but
+ # making it not installed then kills plymouth, then makes
+ # the system not boot.
+ sed -ri 's/(^ *GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX.*)quiet splash/\1/' /etc/default/grub
+ # on xenial, no grub is displayed at all. fix that.
+ # found just by noticing this in the config file, and a
+ # warning about it in error.log
+ sed -i '/^ *GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT/d' /etc/default/grub
+
+ update-grub2
+EOF
+fi
+
+
# reading through the groups that iank is in but traci isn't,
for g in plugdev audio video cdrom; do
$ROOTCMD usermod -a -G $g traci