diff -Nur casper.orig/scripts/casper casper/scripts/casper
--- casper.orig/scripts/casper	2009-01-12 12:05:30.000000000 +0100
+++ casper/scripts/casper	2009-01-12 12:09:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
 
     parse_cmdline
 
-    set_usplash_timeout
+#    set_usplash_timeout
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/casper-premount"
     run_scripts /scripts/casper-premount
     [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg