freebsd problem: Cannot detect Hard Disk (SATA)

Xin LI delphij at frontfree.net
Wed Jan 19 07:47:30 PST 2005


On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 11:39:10PM +0800, Xin LI wrote:
> Using 3.x binaries is discouraged due to security issues found in
> libc of FreeBSD 3.x.  However, it's possible to run most FreeBSD
> 3.x binaries if you remove FORBIDDEN= line from ports/misc/compat3x,
> while this is not recommended since it can pose you to security
> vulnerabilities.

I should add that only a certain 3.x binaries are affected, however,
it's still not so reasonable to run binaries that have not been touched
for so long time...

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij frontfree net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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