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Date:      Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:12 +0100
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        "John Palmer" <drgnut@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ?
Message-ID:  <86u0o4ampb.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <BAY13-F4357657A035A14AAD02DCD1620@phx.gbl> (John Palmer's message of "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:25:13 -0800")
References:  <BAY13-F4357657A035A14AAD02DCD1620@phx.gbl>

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"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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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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