Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:21:33 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, 'Devin Teske' <dteske@vicor.com>, 'Andriy Gapon' <avg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: revisiting tunables under Safe Mode menu option Message-ID: <4F4FE85D.4070205@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <06bb01ccf7cb$b255a200$1700e600$@fisglobal.com> References: <4F26CC5A.2070501@FreeBSD.org> <4F4C0600.2000903@FreeBSD.org> <3BA1B476-ED05-4E8E-8DFA-0B06EFB48867@samsco.org> <201202280846.08966.jhb@freebsd.org> <A8C72CB9-4C77-4697-8C28-63A2E10C557D@fisglobal.com> <4F4F35B9.5090308@FreeBSD.org> <06bb01ccf7cb$b255a200$1700e600$@fisglobal.com>
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On 3/1/12 8:52 AM, Devin Teske wrote: > . > Indeed, I've watched field engineers when exploring the menu options and their > eyes light-up when they see that "Safe Mode" toggles ACPI off when enabled. > Extrapolating on their surprise, they appear to have an "Aha!"-moment a ... they have all seen 'safe mode' on windows. They know what that does and they are assuming this does the same thing. Basically Windows safe mode disables all the bells and whistles of the installation and reverts to known safe defaults for everything it can reach. i.e. VGA screen, basic keyboard, IDE disk, no desktop extensions, all fancy CPU options turned off.
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