From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 10:55:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4F2616A4E2; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsdnerds.org (pcp0011384308pcs.ebrnsw01.nj.comcast.net [69.248.83.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F07543D6A; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org) Received: by bsdnerds.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A31736151; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:56:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by bsdnerds.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF640613A for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:55:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B67955A35; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9539616A4CF; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:45 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F85E16A4CE; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.des.no (flood.des.no [217.116.83.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63E0643D5C; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: by smtp.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 94F91530C; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from xps.des.no (des.no [80.203.228.37]) by smtp.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id 2CB6E5308; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:13 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A395033C3E; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:12 +0100 (CET) To: "John Palmer" References: From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: (John Palmer's message of "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:25:13 -0800") Message-ID: <86u0o4ampb.fsf@xps.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on bsdnerds.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.5 tests=none autolearn=ham version=2.64 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:52 -0000 "John Palmer" 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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"