Re: PKGBASE in ZFS Boot Environments World

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 <vermaden@interia.pl> 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.
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>That way one can restore /boot and reboot into different ZFS Boot Environment.
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>Details here in the 'Additional Independent Rescue' section at the end:
>- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/brave-new-pkgbase-world/
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>Regards,
>vermaden
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>Temat: PKGBASE in ZFS Boot Environments World
>Data: 2025-10-16 10:04
>Nadawca: "vermaden" &lt;vermaden@interia.pl>
>Adresat: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org; 
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>>> 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.
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