Re: What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ?
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-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ?
On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 22:25 -0800, John Palmer wrote: 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? Firstly, please don't cross post to three lists, especially a developer orierntated list alongside -newbies and -questions. Safe mode forces PIO mode (disabling the use of DMA) and disables write caching for all IDE hard drives and CD ROM drives, disables the probing of EISA slots (as very few systems have them), and in i386 it also disables the use of ACPI and the APICs. Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ?
John Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
