Re: FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 Now Available

Does left arrow actually work in terminal mode? I mean, visually it "will"
but the input buffer bsdinstall sees is liable to have a bunch of <ESC>]D
in it.

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> some additional info.
>
> After bsdinstall(8) fails - and asks for new 'try' to is not able to do
> anything with that error:
>
> +-------------|Error|-------------+
> | No disk(s) present to configure |
> +---------------------------------+
> |            [  OK  ]             |
> +---------------------------------+
>
> The disk - needs to be cleaned after fail operation - for example like
> that:
> - https://github.com/vermaden/scripts/blob/master/storage-wipe-clean.sh
>
> Also - I made another test installation and I am able to install FreeBSD
> on ZFS with only 300 MB of RAM.
>
> Boot: continue with 'vt100' default.
>
> Select 'Live System' option.
>
> Execute these:
>
> root@:~ # kldload zfs
> ZFS filesystem version: 5
> ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
>
> root@:~ # sysctl vfs.zfs.arc.min=33554432
> vfs.zfs.arc.min: 0 -> 33554432
>
> root@:~ # sysctl vfs.zfs.arc.max=67108864
> vfs.zfs.arc.max: 0 -> 67108864
>
> root@:~ # sysctl vm.pageout_oom_seq=1200
> vm.pageout_oom_seq: 12 -> 1200
>
> root@:~ # bsdinstall
>
> I selected PKGBASE and Offline installation.
>
> Then I switched from (BIOS) to (BIOS+UEFI) and installed these System
> Components:
>   [X] base  The complete base system (includes devel)
>
> Stats after install (before reboot):
>
> root@:/ # dmesg | grep -i memory
> real memory  = 314572800 (300 MB)
> avail memory = 263303168 (251 MB)
>
> root@:/ # top -b -o res
> last pid:  2544;  load averages:    1.31,    0.80,    0.34  up 0+00:02:20
>   18:02:03
> 10 processes:  1 running, 9 sleeping
> CPU:  7.8% user,  0.0% nice, 16.7% system, 12.1% interrupt, 63.4% idle
> Mem: 3588K Active, 11M Inact, 6376K Laundry, 148M Wired, 5800K Buf, 89M
> Free
> ARC: 47M Total, 2667K MFU, 38M MRU, 128K Anon, 294K Header, 6515K Other
>      29M Compressed, 65M Uncompressed, 2.24:1 Ratio
>
> I tried the same with 256MB of RAM - but it fails.
>
>
> About that '^H' problem - in vt100 mode when I hit [ENTER] key to change
> ZFS options I do:
> - hit [LEFT] arrow as many times to be in that place:
>
>                 ><
> -o compression=on -o atime=off
>
> Then I hit [BACKSPACE] key two times so its like that:
>
>               ><
> -o compression= -o atime=off
>
> Then i type [Z][S][T][D] so it looks like that:
>
>                   ><
> -o compression=zstd -o atime=off
>
> ... and I hit [ENTER].
>
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
> vermaden
>
>
>
> Temat: Re: FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 Now Available
> Data: 2025-09-28 0:49
> Nadawca: "vermaden" &lt;vermaden@interia.pl>
> Adresat: "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team" &lt;re@FreeBSD.org>;
> "freebsd-snapshots@FreeBSD.org" &lt;freebsd-snapshots@FreeBSD.org>;
> "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org" &lt;freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>;
> DW: "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team" &lt;re@FreeBSD.org>;
> freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org;
>
> >
> > > Hi.
> >
> > Just tested FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 inside Bhyve 1 vCPU and 512MB vRAM.
> >
> > Installs properly and pkg(8) is bootstrapped after install - good
> > to see progress in right direction here - thanks.
> >
> > I also tried to do the same with 1 vCPU and 'vm-bhyve' default
> > 256MB vRAM ... and that one fails due to lack of RAM.
> >
> > Options chosen:
> > - BIOS+GELI
> > - PKGBASE
> > - Only Offline Packages
> >
> > The 256MB vRAM install fails for both '12' and '120':
> > - vm.pageout_oom_seq: 12
> > - vm.pageout_oom_seq: 120
> >
> > One thing that 'bothers' me - is that at first boot installer
> > asks what TERM I want - I typed 'xterm' there.
> >
> > I would make 'xterm' the default unless user specifies
> > otherwise ... but maybe I miss something?
> >
> > Now - after selecting 'xterm' I selected 'Live System' - then
> > set 'vm.pageout_oom_seq=120' and executed 'bsdinstall'
> > command - but this time
> - even as I selected 'xterm' at the beginning - it starts with 'vt100' mode
> - the 'xterm' (or any other) should be PRESERVED in subsequent
> > tasks/executions.
> >
> > Also ... after I started that bsdinstall(8) again - this time in
> > 'vt100' mode - I was unable to change the ZFS options from
> > 'compression=on' to 'compression=zstd' because probably some
> > escape sequences (or ^H) were not handled properly and bsdinstall(8)
> > complained that 'compression' option supports only
> > ${LIST_OF_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_ALGOS} ...
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > vermaden
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Temat: FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 Now Available
> > Data: 2025-09-27 22:34
> > Nadawca: "Colin Percival" &lt;cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
> > Adresat: freebsd-snapshots@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org;
> > DW: "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team" &lt;re@FreeBSD.org>;
> >
> >>
> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >> Hash: SHA512
> >>
> >> The fourth alpha build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now
> available.
> >>
> >> Installation images are available for:
> >>
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 amd64 GENERIC
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 powerpc64 GENERIC64
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 armv7 GENERICSD
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 GENERIC
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 RPI
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 PINE64
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 PINE64-LTS
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 PINEBOOK
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 ROCK64
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 ROCKPRO64
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 riscv64 GENERIC
> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 riscv64 GENERICSD
> >>
> >> (...)
>
>

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