Actually, it sounds a bit like safe mode. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com
On Jan 28, 2013, at 6:51 AM, "Jonathan C. Cohn" <jonc...@cox.net> wrote: > Overview of Single user mode: > Think of DOS in 1984. Or Apple 2 computers. > > More details: > > Single user mode is the mode where UNIX operating systems only have access > enabled on the console and have just enough processes running so a sighted > person can interact with the computer. If there are additional disk drives, > network connections they are not started. Essentially when the operating > system startup gets to the point where daemons are started it does not start > those daemons but instead starts up a UNIX shell. When the UNIX shell is > exited with command-D, then the rest of the operating system startup will be > processed. It is really only useful for running some specific utilities. In > older UNIX systems where it was essential that there be multiple Disk drives > present then when one of those essential disks failed automated boot checks > the UNIX system would come up in single user mode. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
