I am in a bit over my ability, I would probably be a good candidate for pcBSD but the hardware I want to install on is an old 32bit IBM ThinkPad T42, and PCBSD calls for 64bit,
I have purchased a domain name and have pointed it to my home static IP, I am hoping to get a server up and running, nothing serious just for leaning/play (masochist much?). I did this with fedora core 3 (redhat variant) about 15 years ago and I was able to get up on the learning curve then. I am really interested in BSD and want to lean it. I have been trying sporadically for a few months and I keep hitting roadblocks.
latest attempt hangs on boot, last line shown during boot is about the fingerprint reader I think
mountroot> ugen2.2 <STMicroelectronics Biometric Coprocessor> at usbus2
I don't know if that is the cause of the hang, before that it appears to be trying to mount the filestem and failing.
I think this project may have to wait until I can afford some new hardware (or at least newer) but I am hoping someone may know what is going on here and how to fix it.
I have purchased a domain name and have pointed it to my home static IP, I am hoping to get a server up and running, nothing serious just for leaning/play (masochist much?). I did this with fedora core 3 (redhat variant) about 15 years ago and I was able to get up on the learning curve then. I am really interested in BSD and want to lean it. I have been trying sporadically for a few months and I keep hitting roadblocks.
latest attempt hangs on boot, last line shown during boot is about the fingerprint reader I think
mountroot> ugen2.2 <STMicroelectronics Biometric Coprocessor> at usbus2
I don't know if that is the cause of the hang, before that it appears to be trying to mount the filestem and failing.
I think this project may have to wait until I can afford some new hardware (or at least newer) but I am hoping someone may know what is going on here and how to fix it.