#bectl — Public Fediverse posts

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 [FreeBSD PKGBASE Minor Upgrades] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/freebsd-pkgbase-minor-upgrades/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #server #desktop #freebsd #laptop #pkg #pkgbase #zfs

New 𝟭𝟱𝟬 𝗠𝗕 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 [150 MB Minimal FreeBSD Installation] on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/150-mb-minimal-freebsd-installation/

#verblog #freebsd #beadm #bectl #desktop #laptop #minimal #pkg #server #space #sqlite #storage #zfs

New 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 [ZFS Boot Environments Explained] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/zfs-boot-environments-explained/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #dataset #desktop #freebsd #laptop #pool #server #zfs

Fresh 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 [Brave New PKGBASE World] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/brave-new-pkgbase-world/

#verblog #bectl #desktop #freebsd #laptop #packages #pkg #pkgbase #server #update #upgrade

#FreeBSD boot environments are great and all, but once they’ve served their purpose - i.e. you know that the computer works with its new base system, do yourself a favor and clean them out using the #bectl command.

I just freed up more than half of the total assigned disk space from a VM that had stale boot environments going back to late 2023.

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗸𝗴(𝟴) 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 [FreeBSD Kernel Modules pkg(8) Repositories] article ready.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/freebsd-kernel-modules-pkg8-repositories/

#freebsd #desktop #laptop #server #beadm #bectl #pkg #repos #kmod #kernel

Really good comment on #FreeBSD #Jails #ZFS #beadm #bectl #BE capabilities.

Compared to #Linux - not even the same league ... yet 'blind' industry 'sheep' just follow the 'market'.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38310169

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗕𝗨𝗚 article is available on the vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/freebsd-enterprise-storage-at-pbug/

#verblog #freebsd #enterprise #storage #zfs #beadm #bectl #linux #data #stratis #redhat #pbug #POLANDSTRONK #PBUG

The latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬/𝟬𝟭/𝟮𝟳 are now available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/valuable-news-2020-01-27/

#vernews #verblog #news #freebsd #linux #openbsd #freenas #zfs #beadm #bectl #plex #ghostbsd #arm #sqlite #librem

@zac #freebsd-update(8) is the way to go. You may want to read about #beadm (or #bectl) for smoother experience.

Today I was honored to give 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 talk at the 𝗡𝗟𝗨𝗨𝗚 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 (@nluug).

Check PDF slides - https://is.gd/BECTL - available here.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/11/15/zfs-boot-environments-reloaded-at-nluug-autumn-conference-2018/

#verblog #NLUUG #bectl #beadm

@worr Remember to create a new boot environment with #beadm or #bectl so that you can roll back everything if you are using #ZFS.

Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟮 to the 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 article about recently introduced 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕 tool from FreeBSD base and its improvements in latest FreeBSD-12.0-ALPHA6 version.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/new-zfs-boot-environments-tool/

#verblog #freebsd #beadm #bectl