Re: freebsd-update install no space left on device

From: Robert <robert_at_webtent.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 01:59:05 UTC
On 7/27/2025 9:16 PM, atsac wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have you checked 'bectl list’?
>
> On a zfs install, updating creates a Boot Environment for the previous
> install, so the previous version can be booted up on demand. These Boot
> Environments can build up and consume a fair amount of disk space:
>
>    ~> bectl list
>    BE                                Active Mountpoint Space Created
>    12.3-RELEASE_2021-12-15_122800    -      -          104M  2021-12-15 12:28
>    13.0-RELEASE-p4_2021-12-15_135123 -      -          36.1M 2021-12-15 13:51
>    13.1-RELEASE-p3_2022-11-16_135244 -      -          1.36G 2022-11-16 13:52
>    13.1-RELEASE-p4_2022-12-13_192926 -      -          3.00G 2022-12-13 19:29
>    13.1-RELEASE_2022-11-02_154039    -      -          1.61G 2022-11-02 15:40
>    default                           NR     /          48.6G 2016-06-04 03:16
>
> you can remove them with 'bectl destroy':
>
>    ~> sudo bectl destroy 13.0-RELEASE-p4_2021-12-15_135123
>    ~> sudo bectl destroy 13.1-RELEASE-p3_2022-11-16_135244
>
> which releases the space consumed by the BE.

I do remember reading about that, thanks for the reminder. My free disk 
space is a good 65% again now. That clear up the free space issue, and 
after a reboot, the zroot/ROOT/default size is now 2.9GB, up from 2.0GB 
but still not the 5.7GB is was yesterday. Is this expected?

--
Robert