Subject: Re: Can't install NetBSD 3.0 or 3.0.1 on my hard disk
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/03/2006 21:23:32
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:09:05AM -0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
> Frank Petitjean wrote:
> > Is there a fail safe mode on Net BSD ?
> 
> No.  AIUI, "fail safe" mode in Windows disables some drivers at boot time.
>  In NetBSD, the drivers are resident in the kernel and become active when
> the kernel finds suitable hardware for them.  To disable a driver, one
> builds a kernel without it.  

Or use 'boot -c' and disable it in the UI proposed here.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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