Temporarily disabling the startup sound Is it possible to disable the startup sound on an iMac G5, or at least decrease its volume? 

The obvious way to do this would be to put a script in the shutdown folder (OS X 10.4.11) that mutes the sound, then put one in the startup folder that reverses it. Unfortunately, I've been unable to find a "mute" script. 

Edit: To clarify, how can you set the system to mute with a script?
There is a 3rd party StartupSound.PrefPane for this.