What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ?

[Jeremie Le Hen]

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,
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Jeremie Le Hen
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