From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 09:14:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73CF16A4CE; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:14:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsdnerds.org (pcp0011384308pcs.ebrnsw01.nj.comcast.net [69.248.83.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 295E643D67; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:14:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org) Received: by bsdnerds.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1E3156151; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:14:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by bsdnerds.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB81613A for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:14:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B50755BA5; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:13:56 +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 706E616A4D8; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:13:55 +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 89C0316A4CF; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:13:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postfix3-1.free.fr (postfix3-1.free.fr [213.228.0.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 151EE43D41; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:13:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tataz@tataz.chchile.org) Received: from tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (vol75-8-82-233-239-98.fbx.proxad.net [82.233.239.98]) by postfix3-1.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A5CA173518; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:13:50 +0100 (CET) Received: by tatooine.tataz.chchile.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E67C8407C; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:13:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:13:14 +0100 From: Jeremie Le Hen To: John Palmer Message-ID: <20050222091314.GH1437@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.7i 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-current@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:14:06 -0000 Hello John, > 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? IIRC, this disables ACPI. I looked for it in the manpage, but I wasn't able to discover the exact meaning of this mode. Regards, -- Jeremie Le Hen jeremie at le-hen dot org _______________________________________________ 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"