make install whine

What a day. First, the Clover school's theory professor whined about how he couldn't get Asterisk to work on a hard drive on one of his overpowered (but underfunctional) computers while we students looked up the answers FOR HIM, and now my IDS hardware appears to be flaking out.

Yesterday, I installed FreeBSD on one of the machines designated for use as a sensor. Today, it decided all checksums were completely invalid and then something decided to fandango on core.

I'm installing Windows 98 on the drive, then I'll install FreeBSD back on top of it.

I love computers. I just don't love when they misbehave suddenly and without warning. I know that Sguil works because I've seen it and I've implemented it at a site or two. It's just a matter at this point in having the time to fight with hardware and software issues. I love FreeBSD. I just don't love how it comes to an anxiety-attack style halt and can no longer function without having a boot to the head. I love Sguil unconditionally.

Is it maybe that I've got a big ol' USB device attached to it when I'm attempting to download and untar the ports collection? This is the same machine that won't reboot if same USB device is attached...