From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Oct 21 10:20:04 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30AB153885 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@sibptus.ru) Received: from admin.sibptus.ru (admin.sibptus.ru [IPv6:2001:19f0:5001:21dc::10]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46xXh42Dg6z44BW for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@sibptus.ru) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sibptus.ru; s=20181118; h=In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=ll5XnjnjFYx2i97rp7PnAOYUOTsXvqxEm5jqf1YYkvQ=; b=TB0h+wa1x29Y6+TagmxdhUfet5 V0Sb5uZm/PQTR6Bl/28YA3v+EbY96k/2cQ/F0sWJPjECcrR/4PpbtJ4j95muatsZAtA+cWYtpbkkQ O4gbWPgspGtDnIAFpZpy00vz/L8xH6q2xxXuzdgxS+patO08PQy1Zroyqpr9RUbw+nX8=; Received: from vas by admin.sibptus.ru with local (Exim 4.92.3 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1iMUnC-000COC-P3 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:20:02 +0700 Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:20:02 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BE and loader integration Message-ID: <20191021102002.GA45885@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <20191021083145.GA40656@admin.sibptus.ru> <20191021093319.GA42604@admin.sibptus.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://admin.sibptus.ru/~vas/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.2 (2019-09-21) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 46xXh42Dg6z44BW X-Spamd-Bar: -------- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=sibptus.ru header.s=20181118 header.b=TB0h+wa1; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=sibptus.ru; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of vas@sibptus.ru designates 2001:19f0:5001:21dc::10 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=vas@sibptus.ru X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-8.34 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[sibptus.ru:s=20181118]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(-3.24)[ip: (-9.83), ipnet: 2001:19f0:5000::/38(-4.91), asn: 20473(-1.40), country: US(-0.05)]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[sibptus.ru:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[sibptus.ru,none]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20473, ipnet:2001:19f0:5000::/38, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:20:04 -0000 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Trond Endrest=F8l wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > I know I can select a BE (boot environment) to boot from the loader > > > > menu. However, I'm at a loss what the options of the loader menu > > > >=20 > > > > 1. Active: > > > > 2. bootfs: > > > >=20 > > > > are supposed to indicate, and what is supposed to happen when I pre= ss > > > > "1" or "2". > > > >=20 > > > > Pressing 4, 5 etc selects a BE, that is fine. > > >=20 > > > After selecting your BE, exit this submenu by hitting 1. > >=20 > > Does the label "Active:" even make sense? Should it not be "Exit" or so= mething? > >=20 > > And what is supposed to happen if I hit 2 ? >=20 > Then you select what the bootfs property suggests and exit to the main=20 > menu. The current pool's bootfs property? I see. BTW the boot menu BE selection does not work properly anyway. I've found so= me combinations of BEs and loader options which lead to an unbootable system: http://admin.sibptus.ru/~vas/bad_be.png Maybe it's sysutils/beadm's fault incorrectly creating BEs, whatever. =20 --=20 Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJdrYZSAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY01RgIALknvCBBmtYy+MZOkrWGko09 vVAUpuEaVHna6PwMyT+Hquc2YIzsdWt+Hez2ZQKvgkaa2K279kRK4onzNgl/yve7 Ov0jI+IQ2Y73nNm5Vx+YRg1CUk2D+W6sTNjLG9WUdaB6ngDSaVuGtMYcDD0TCoOB TAf4fuCng8ofLnB9jWYsACWuf9xPc8bGlRWmVp2DUSLQNX5fzB5xCo1z0r5S/xEe Aydh0QvUcfMW6uAm1dST/HWNdjw8beLUqBhSUcjyNi5kTeqveoqrz95nz0aDpMbx Nl1wsF4SgYzt4EEAYlsSzPTQeBlGFwRW6mxpplfdGwMfSpfMIDDC3BIZffr0qEU= =+4OU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--