Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-18 Thread Michael Schuster
On Sat, May 14, 2022, 21:40 Michael Schuster wrote: > > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 9:21 AM Dave Cottlehuber wrote: > > > > On Thu, 12 May 2022, at 07:12, Michael Schuster wrote: > > > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:38 PM Dave Cottlehuber > > > wrote: > > >> On Wed, 11 May 2022, at 14:58, Michael

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-15 Thread Michael Schuster
On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 10:30 PM Mark Millard wrote: > > Michael Schuster wrote on > Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 21:40:56 +0200 : > > > findings: > > 1) temporary activation doesn't work for me: bectl accepts the option > > but there's no effect I noticed(*), beadm refuses the option. > > . . . > >

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-14 Thread Mark Millard
Michael Schuster wrote on Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 21:40:56 +0200 : > findings: > 1) temporary activation doesn't work for me: bectl accepts the option > but there's no effect I noticed(*), beadm refuses the option. > . . . > *) unless the first BE to be shown when I select 'boot environments' >

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-14 Thread Michael Schuster
On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 9:21 AM Dave Cottlehuber wrote: > > On Thu, 12 May 2022, at 07:12, Michael Schuster wrote: > > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:38 PM Dave Cottlehuber > > wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 May 2022, at 14:58, Michael Schuster wrote: > >> > I then created a new BE, mounted it on /mnt,

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-12 Thread Wes Maag
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:58 AM Michael Schuster wrote: > I got errors about missing "/dev/" files (can't recall the > exact names). > This is still confusing me. It doesn't look as if anything is clobbering /dev. IIRC init(8) should be mounting it, so I would look specifically for errors with

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-12 Thread Dave Cottlehuber
On Thu, 12 May 2022, at 07:12, Michael Schuster wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:38 PM Dave Cottlehuber wrote: >> On Wed, 11 May 2022, at 14:58, Michael Schuster wrote: >> > I then created a new BE, mounted it on /mnt, removed /mnt/dev/* (only >> > regular files and empty directories). Booting

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-12 Thread Michael Schuster
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:38 PM Dave Cottlehuber wrote: > On Wed, 11 May 2022, at 14:58, Michael Schuster wrote: > > I then created a new BE, mounted it on /mnt, removed /mnt/dev/* (only > > regular files and empty directories). Booting into that BE didn't work > > either, I got errors about

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-11 Thread Dave Cottlehuber
On Wed, 11 May 2022, at 14:58, Michael Schuster wrote: > I then created a new BE, mounted it on /mnt, removed /mnt/dev/* (only > regular files and empty directories). Booting into that BE didn't work > either, I got errors about missing "/dev/" files (can't recall the > exact names). > > What do

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-11 Thread Michael Schuster
On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 10:04 AM Dave Cottlehuber wrote: > > On Mon, 9 May 2022, at 06:25, Michael Schuster wrote: > > On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 12:15 AM Wes Maag wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:10 PM Michael Schuster > >> wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> while still working

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-09 Thread Dave Cottlehuber
On Mon, 9 May 2022, at 06:25, Michael Schuster wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 12:15 AM Wes Maag wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:10 PM Michael Schuster >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> while still working (slowly) on an answer to my own question on the >>> right workflow to keep

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-09 Thread Michael Schuster
On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 12:15 AM Wes Maag wrote: > > > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:10 PM Michael Schuster > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> while still working (slowly) on an answer to my own question on the >> right workflow to keep current up to date reliably with boot >> environments, I noticed that

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-07 Thread Michael Schuster
Hi Wes, finally I get round to responding (below) ... On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 12:15 AM Wes Maag wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:10 PM Michael Schuster > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> while still working (slowly) on an answer to my own question on the >> right workflow to keep current up

Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-05 Thread Wes Maag
On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:10 PM Michael Schuster wrote: > Hi all, > > while still working (slowly) on an answer to my own question on the > right workflow to keep current up to date reliably with boot > environments, I noticed that after creating and mounting a new BE, > that new BE's /dev (eg

FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev

2022-05-05 Thread Michael Schuster
Hi all, while still working (slowly) on an answer to my own question on the right workflow to keep current up to date reliably with boot environments, I noticed that after creating and mounting a new BE, that new BE's /dev (eg /mnt/dev) is very sparsely populated: [22:44:45: ~ 0] $ ll /mnt/dev