Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:59:05 -0400 From: Robert <robert@webtent.org> To: atsac <adrian@atsac.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update install no space left on device Message-ID: <5df24f6b-f011-48ce-96a6-72da95631789@webtent.org> In-Reply-To: <D4713006-DBF1-4F31-9B46-CEC736CB60BF@atsac.au> References: <1dfeee95-7cd1-43c3-abc9-2427b863ed47@webtent.org> <D4713006-DBF1-4F31-9B46-CEC736CB60BF@atsac.au>
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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? -- Roberthelp
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