Re: Install of 4.0-19991208-CURRENT

1999-12-11 Thread Michael Kennett
> On 11 Dec, Michael Kennett wrote: > > I've just tried installing the last current snapshot (4.0-19991208-CURRENT) > > onto an IBM laptop (365, type 2625-2E9) with a Xircom networking card > > (CE3B-100BTX). It failed -- the pccard was not recognized. > >

Install of 4.0-19991208-CURRENT

1999-12-10 Thread Michael Kennett
I've just tried installing the last current snapshot (4.0-19991208-CURRENT) onto an IBM laptop (365, type 2625-2E9) with a Xircom networking card (CE3B-100BTX). It failed -- the pccard was not recognized. I mention this because the floppies/pccard/README.TXT mentioned the systems that have been

Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired!

1999-12-10 Thread Michael Kennett
FWIW, here are my experiences with the new ATA driver. Firstly, I've been following the discussion on -current, and decided that this weekend I'd convert over to the new ata drivers - but with a bit of trepidation, given the discussion that's been going on. Anyway, I've rebuild my kernel, reboote

Re: FreeBSD security auditing project.

1999-11-24 Thread Michael Kennett
Garrett Wollman wrote: > > Perhaps if name[] had been declared thus: > > #define INTTYPE_NCHARS(t) ((sizeof(t) * 3 * CHAR_BIT + 7) / 8) > > char name[(sizeof "ipfw: ") + INTTYPE_NCHARS(int)]; Or alternatively (removing a bit more magic): #include #define INTTYPE_NCHARS(t) (how

Re: FreeBSD security auditing project.

1999-11-23 Thread Michael Kennett
> Hello FreebSD'ers! > [snip] > > I have been charged with the duty of ensuring that FreeBSD gets a > security audit that has the credibility of OpenBSD's. > > Consider this to be a request-for-discussion that will head us over to > the actual work of getting it done. [snip] Great idea. Here

Re: make buildworld broken?

1999-10-04 Thread Michael Kennett
Hi Guido, > I have a 3.3.-stable system and somehow I cannot make buildworld > a current tree. > The porblem is: > cc -c -I/alt/usr/src/gnu/lib/libgcc/../../../contrib/egcs/gcc/config >-I/alt/usr/src/gnu/lib/libgcc/../../../contrib/egcs/gcc -I. -fexceptions -DIN_GCC >-I/usr/obj/alt/usr/src/tmp

RBL, DUL + other acronymns [was Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups]

1999-09-24 Thread Michael Kennett
For those who don't know the acronymns RBL, DUL, etc... (like me a few minutes ago :-), they are: RBL Realtime Blackhole List TSI Transport Security Initiative DUL Dial-up User List RSS Relay Spam Stopper. More information can be found at the site: http://maps.vix.com/. Regards