safe mode for kernel.old

Jonathan Chen jonc at chen.org.nz
Fri Jul 30 16:29:18 PDT 2004


On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:50:40PM -0700, Jason Barnes wrote:
> 
> 	Wow -- this is weird, but when I try that the machine locks up
> right after loading the old kernel, after the little -/|\ series finishes.
> Additionally, safe mode and single-user mode are distinct.  Is there a
> boot -safe that will boot into SAFE mode?
> 	Thanks for your help,

Unlike Windows, there is no SAFE mode. Single user mode is about as
safe as it will get.
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Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
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