i have been playing too http://ketas.si.pri.ee/misc/recovery.1760980081.sh
On October 20, 2025 5:05:27 PM GMT+03:00, vermaden <[email protected]> wrote: >Found a way to overcome that limitation ... by creating a separate /RESCUE >(not /rescue) dir with copy of /boot and pkg-static(8) command. > >That way one can restore /boot and reboot into different ZFS Boot Environment. > >Details here in the 'Additional Independent Rescue' section at the end: >- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/brave-new-pkgbase-world/ > >Regards, >vermaden > > > >Temat: PKGBASE in ZFS Boot Environments World >Data: 2025-10-16 10:04 >Nadawca: "vermaden" <[email protected]> >Adresat: [email protected]; [email protected]; > >>> We know that 'pkg delete -afy' will delete all PKGBASE >>> packages without asking ... but that will also render >>> ZFS Boot Environments USELESS as there is no >>> loader(8) anymore to show the ZFS boot menu for BE >>> selection. >> >> OK ls boot >> boot >> d zfs >> d efi >> loader.conf >> entropy >> d firmware >> >> My proposal - always keep a MINIMUM set of files allowing >> to show loader(8) boot menu - so anyone - even after wiping >> their FreeBSD system with pkg(8) - will be able to boot into >> other backup ZFS Boot Environment. > >
