Bsd ? I dont have one what do I do?

I am brand neew to macs and wanted to learn on one so I bought one on ebay.Well no trouble untill I wanted to set a printer up.now i am starting to hate this thing.I tried installing the divers and nothing! Then I find out it wants something called a bsd.Fine! Now I need to find out what it is and where to find it.(it whines that it is missing)Any how it is a ibook dual usb with os x 10.2.8.Can anyone please tell me what it is that this machine wants from me.I would be forever in your debt! Also I may mention that this came with no disks with it.Thank you soo much in advaance for any help you can give me.Christy
ibook   Mac OS X (10.2.x)   ?

The BSD sub-system is part of the OS X installation. Apparently whoever installed OS X did not install the sub-system. What you can do is re-install OS X and be sure the BSD sub-system is selected for installation.
It is possible to install the sub-system after the fact:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25534.
You will need the OS X Installer discs that should have come with the machine. If the version on the installer is not 10.2.8, then you will need to download the 10.2.8 Combo Updater (www.apple.com/downloads) and reinstall the update afterwards to be sure the re-installed sub-system is current.
Because you have no discs you are sort of out of luck. You will need to purchase an OS X installer set. I would suggest that rather than purchasing Jaguar (10.2.x), you purchase Panther (10.3.x) or Tiger (the current version of OS X.) You can purchase Panther at http://www.applerescue.com/. Tiger can be purchased directly from Apple's Online Store or from any local Apple retailer. Your computer will need a minimum of 128 MBs of RAM to run Panther or 256 MBs of RAM to run Tiger. Practically you should have at least 512 MBs of RAM for OS X. A 20 GB hard drive is also a practical minimum.
I'm sorry you are having problems, but this is essentially your "fault" for buying on eBay and not being careful about what you were purchasing. The seller should have included the original discs that came with the computer as well as the original installer discs for the version of OS X installed. Without them you are basically unable to re-install the system or even perform basic repairs. And, you will now have to spend some extra money to get an installable version of OS X for the computer.
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