truely silent boot has been achieved

modules/boot/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-_: {lib, ...}: {
+_: {
+  lib,
+  modulesPath,
+  ...
+}: {
+  disabledModules = ["${modulesPath}/system/boot/stage-2.nix"];
+  imports = [
+    ./stage-2.nix
+  ];
   environment.etc = {
     "issue" = {
       text = "[?12l[?25h";
@@ -8,7 +16,7 @@ _: {lib, ...}: {
   boot = {
     blacklistedKernelModules = ["nouveau" "lbm-nouveau" "pcspkr"];
     kernelParams = ["fbcon=nodefer" "bgrt_disable" "quiet" "systemd.show_status=false" "rd.udev.log_level=3" "vt.global_cursor_default=0"];
-    consoleLogLevel = 0;
+    consoleLogLevel = 3;
     initrd.verbose = false;
     plymouth = {
       enable = lib.mkDefault true;

modules/boot/stage-2-init.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#! @shell@
+exec 1<&-
+exec 1<>/dev/null
+systemConfig=@systemConfig@
+
+export HOME=/root PATH="@path@"
+
+
+if [ "${IN_NIXOS_SYSTEMD_STAGE1:-}" != true ]; then
+    # Process the kernel command line.
+    for o in $(</proc/cmdline); do
+        case $o in
+            boot.debugtrace)
+                # Show each command.
+                set -x
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+
+
+    # Print a greeting.
+    echo
+    echo -e "\e[1;32m<<< @distroName@ Stage 2 >>>\e[0m"
+    echo
+
+
+    # Normally, stage 1 mounts the root filesystem read/writable.
+    # However, in some environments, stage 2 is executed directly, and the
+    # root is read-only.  So make it writable here.
+    if [ -z "$container" ]; then
+        mount -n -o remount,rw none /
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+# Likewise, stage 1 mounts /proc, /dev and /sys, so if we don't have a
+# stage 1, we need to do that here.
+if [ ! -e /proc/1 ]; then
+    specialMount() {
+        local device="$1"
+        local mountPoint="$2"
+        local options="$3"
+        local fsType="$4"
+
+        # We must not overwrite this mount because it's bind-mounted
+        # from stage 1's /run
+        if [ "${IN_NIXOS_SYSTEMD_STAGE1:-}" = true ] && [ "${mountPoint}" = /run ]; then
+            return
+        fi
+
+        install -m 0755 -d "$mountPoint"
+        mount -n -t "$fsType" -o "$options" "$device" "$mountPoint"
+    }
+    source @earlyMountScript@
+fi
+
+
+if [ "${IN_NIXOS_SYSTEMD_STAGE1:-}" = true ]; then
+    echo "booting system configuration ${systemConfig}"
+else
+    echo "booting system configuration $systemConfig" > /dev/kmsg
+fi
+
+
+# Make /nix/store a read-only bind mount to enforce immutability of
+# the Nix store.  Note that we can't use "chown root:nixbld" here
+# because users/groups might not exist yet.
+# Silence chown/chmod to fail gracefully on a readonly filesystem
+# like squashfs.
+chown -f 0:30000 /nix/store
+chmod -f 1775 /nix/store
+if [ -n "@readOnlyNixStore@" ]; then
+    if ! [[ "$(findmnt --noheadings --output OPTIONS /nix/store)" =~ ro(,|$) ]]; then
+        if [ -z "$container" ]; then
+            mount --bind /nix/store /nix/store
+        else
+            mount --rbind /nix/store /nix/store
+        fi
+        mount -o remount,ro,bind /nix/store
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+if [ "${IN_NIXOS_SYSTEMD_STAGE1:-}" != true ]; then
+    # Use /etc/resolv.conf supplied by systemd-nspawn, if applicable.
+    if [ -n "@useHostResolvConf@" ] && [ -e /etc/resolv.conf ]; then
+        resolvconf -m 1000 -a host </etc/resolv.conf
+    fi
+
+
+    # Log the script output to /dev/kmsg or /run/log/stage-2-init.log.
+    # Only at this point are all the necessary prerequisites ready for these commands.
+    exec {logOutFd}>&1 {logErrFd}>&2
+    if test -w /dev/kmsg; then
+        exec > >(tee -i /proc/self/fd/"$logOutFd" | while read -r line; do
+            if test -n "$line"; then
+                echo "<7>stage-2-init: $line" > /dev/kmsg
+            fi
+        done) 2>&1
+    else
+        mkdir -p /run/log
+        exec > >(tee -i /run/log/stage-2-init.log) 2>&1
+    fi
+fi
+# Required by the activation script
+install -m 0755 -d /etc /etc/nixos
+install -m 01777 -d /tmp
+# Run the script that performs all configuration activation that does
+# not have to be done at boot time.
+echo "running activation script..."
+$systemConfig/activate
+# Record the boot configuration.
+ln -sfn "$systemConfig" /run/booted-system
+# Run any user-specified commands.
+@shell@ @postBootCommands@
+# Ensure systemd doesn't try to populate /etc, by forcing its first-boot
+# heuristic off. It doesn't matter what's in /etc/machine-id for this purpose,
+# and systemd will immediately fill in the file when it starts, so just
+# creating it is enough. This `: >>` pattern avoids forking and avoids changing
+# the mtime if the file already exists.
+: >> /etc/machine-id
+# No need to restore the stdout/stderr streams we never redirected and
+# especially no need to start systemd
+if [ "${IN_NIXOS_SYSTEMD_STAGE1:-}" != true ]; then
+    # Reset the logging file descriptors.
+    exec 1>&$logOutFd 2>&$logErrFd
+    exec {logOutFd}>&- {logErrFd}>&-
+    # Start systemd in a clean environment.
+    echo "starting systemd..."
+    exec @systemdExecutable@ "$@"
+fi

modules/boot/stage-2.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  useHostResolvConf = config.networking.resolvconf.enable && config.networking.useHostResolvConf;
+
+  bootStage2 = pkgs.substituteAll {
+    src = ./stage-2-init.sh;
+    shellDebug = "${pkgs.bashInteractive}/bin/bash";
+    shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
+    inherit (config.boot) readOnlyNixStore systemdExecutable extraSystemdUnitPaths;
+    inherit (config.system.nixos) distroName;
+    isExecutable = true;
+    inherit useHostResolvConf;
+    inherit (config.system.build) earlyMountScript;
+    path = lib.makeBinPath ([
+        pkgs.coreutils
+        pkgs.util-linux
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optional useHostResolvConf pkgs.openresolv);
+    postBootCommands =
+      pkgs.writeText "local-cmds"
+      ''
+        ${config.boot.postBootCommands}
+        ${config.powerManagement.powerUpCommands}
+      '';
+  };
+in {
+  options = {
+    boot = {
+      postBootCommands = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        example = "rm -f /var/log/messages";
+        type = types.lines;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Shell commands to be executed just before systemd is started.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      readOnlyNixStore = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          If set, NixOS will enforce the immutability of the Nix store
+          by making {file}`/nix/store` a read-only bind
+          mount.  Nix will automatically make the store writable when
+          needed.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      systemdExecutable = mkOption {
+        default = "/run/current-system/systemd/lib/systemd/systemd";
+        type = types.str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          The program to execute to start systemd.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      extraSystemdUnitPaths = mkOption {
+        default = [];
+        type = types.listOf types.str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Additional paths that get appended to the SYSTEMD_UNIT_PATH environment variable
+          that can contain mutable unit files.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    system.build.bootStage2 = lib.mkForce bootStage2;
+  };
+}

modules/default.nix

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ inputs: {
   imports = [
     (import ./DE inputs)
     (import ./DM inputs)
+    (import ./boot inputs)
 
-    (import ./boot.nix inputs)
     (import ./git.nix inputs)
     (import ./hardware.nix inputs)
     (import ./misc.nix inputs)

systems/gerg-desktop/zfs.nix

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ _: {config, ...}: {
             devices = ["/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-SHPP41-500GM_SSB4N6719101A4N22"];
           }
         ];
+        splashImage = null;
+        extraConfig = ''
+          GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
+        '';
       };
     };
   };