I've discovered this a.m. that I can't access Safe Mode through the normal F8.
I used to listen to the post beep and then press F8 once and I'd be straight in. Now pushing F8 once or repeatedly tapping F8 just carries on to the normal boot.
What have I changed recently? Well, I removed Windows...
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