The “BOY HOWDY!” heard around the room:

A #FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT boot environment on a 15.0-RELEASE made with OccamBSD imagine.sh and propagate.sh, which use makefs(8) and mkimg(1) internally, and packaged base…

We can have nice things!

I’m sure there are remaining rough edges but IT CAN BE DONE.

You’re welcome.

Alt...

Console output is uname -a, ZFS list of the two boot environments, and the single board computer-friendly partitioning.

It’s probably just bad luck, but always have such terrible experiences trying to get FreeBSD setup for desktop usage. For servers it’s wonderful, but there is a reason I fall back to OpenBSD for desktop: it just works.

Maybe my monkey brain just isn’t built to deal with FreeBSD 😛

#freebsd #openbsd

All this years of #OpenBSD installations with <Enter> as sane answers to installer questions…

Then, you miss the "add user to additionnal group" question during #FreeBSD installation and you end up with a (remote) server on which you can’t connect using SSH as root (expected) but can connect using the regular user (expected); which can’t ˋsubecause it’s not part of thewheel` group (documented in man page but unexpected).

Very satisfying #FreeBSD problem-identification/solving just now.

Them: running `pkg install` as root refuses to run due to insufficient privileges

Me: Hmm, could you provide the output of these commands to determine which pkg is running and its extended attributes, whether it happens with pkg-static, status of mount points, and any extended attributes of the package database that might be read-only

Them: here's a screen-cap of those outputs

[output of mount(8) shows it's an ISO image, likely an installer boot image]

Me: Yep, there's your problem, you're in a read-only environment

😎

Perhaps it is me but #FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE has been giving me loads of problems on my machines:

1) nfsd causing kernel panic (this is actually not just an nfsd issue): https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292884
2) ix now suddenly dropping packets under load
3) other assorted sudden slowdowns I have not been able to identify exactly.

Sort of regretting not waiting for 14.4-RELEASE instead :(

Do you want to come to Brussels, mingle with BSD people, perhaps do a talk, a tutorial or a BOF session?

The Call for papers https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ is open until June 20th, for the conference in Brussels September 9-13, 2026.

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

@joel
Hm, #FreeBSD has sysutils/dnf among its ports / pkgs natively.
https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/dnf/

Holly Ukulele! I had Python run some CUDA/Torch stuff on #FreeBSD using the #Nvidia eGPU and the #Linuxulator system 😱 Not in a Jail yet though. Also, the thing runs in a mixed mess of FreeBSD rl9 packages and Container-Base content; because I don't understand how you're supposed to use dnf to install things in /compat/linux. Maybe you're not supposed to... :D

Gotta sort my notes now and try to have it done properly...
Still, kind of happy now.

Hey #FreeBSD peeps, are we supposed to be able to access the #nvidia device(s) when using #Linuxulator and #jail?

So far, I can have the driver load on FreeBSD, expose the device to the Ubuntu jail but nvidia-detect in the jail doesn’t see anything 🤔

Has anyone tried getting a Windows 11 VM running with tpm 2.0 on #bhyve and #freebsd 15?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Althaser/115674242119863157

call for testing

Sylve - FreeBSD management plane

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rpzri3/call_for_testing_sylve_freebsd_management_plane/

＂We just pushed a big update to Sylve and are doing our first call for testing.

Sylve is an open-source control panel for FreeBSD virtualization and storage, designed to manage bhyve VMs, FreeBSD jails, and ZFS from a modern web UI. Development is currently funded by the FreeBSD Foundation. …＂

Docs: https://sylve.io/

@FreeBSDFoundation

#FreeBSD #sylve #OpenZFS #ZFS #bhyve #CFT

althaser » 🌐 2025-12-06
@Althaser@mastodon.social

https://github.com/AlchemillaHQ/Sylve

#freebsd

RE: https://mastodon.social/@pitrh/116182418029757504

Again for the Monday morning (CET) crowd -

There's a new book out for your #networking, #openbsd, #freebsd cravings:

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/03/09) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/valuable-news-2026-03-09/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/03/09) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/valuable-news-2026-03-09/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Sometimes I write well, and then sometimes I ramble on. This is the latter:

https://kat5.dev/blog/2026/bsd

#freebsd #openbsd

Just stumbled on http://bsdsec.net and damn, it’s perfect.All the security advisories & errata from #OpenBSD, #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #MidnightBSD and the rest… all in one dead-simple page.
👉https://bsdsec.net

Alt...

bsdsec.net

This weekend is the perfect time to get your #eurobsdcon submissions done!

The Call for papers https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ is open until June 20th, for the conference in Brussels September 9-13, 2026.

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

Thinking about what the next larger daily source reading is going to be.

#OpenBSD
#FreeBsD