+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
+
+