Re: What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ?

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des_at_des.no)
Date: 02/22/05

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    To: "John Palmer" <drgnut@hotmail.com>
    Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:12 +0100
    
    

    "John Palmer" <drgnut@hotmail.com> writes:
    > I have installed Freebsd 5.3. When the machine boots up, it gives me
    > several options if I want to boot up in Default Mode, Safe Mode,
    > Single User mode, etc. I understand Single user mode. What is the
    > difference between Safe Mode and Default Mode?

    Safe mode disables ACPI, the APIC, ATA and ATAPI DMA, ATA write
    caching, and all EISA devices.

    DES

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