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Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 6c84eb5a978692e6dc330064934123d9; Sat, 14 May 2022 20:30:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Mark Millard Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.120.0.1.13\)) Subject: Re: FreeBSD, boot environments and /dev Message-Id: Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 13:30:25 -0700 To: michaelsprivate@gmail.com, freebsd-current X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) References: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4L0xwb42wyz4bcF X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=yahoo.com header.s=s2048 header.b=qgIDpBDY; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=yahoo.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of marklmi@yahoo.com designates 98.137.64.84 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=marklmi@yahoo.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.50 / 15.00]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr:yahoo.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[yahoo.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[yahoo.com,reject]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com,freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36647, ipnet:98.137.64.0/20, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[yahoo.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[yahoo.com:s=s2048]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[98.137.64.84:from]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Michael Schuster wrote on Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 21:40:56 +0200 : > findings: > 1) temporary activation doesn't work for me: bectl accepts the option > but there's no effect I noticed(*), beadm refuses the option. > . . . > *) unless the first BE to be shown when I select 'boot environments' > at boot isn't in fact the active one Do not implicitly take control of what boots by that selection: Instead just let it default through every stage, not looking around first. Look after booting, not before. I expect that you will find the temporary activation worked just fine, as it always has for me: UEFI/ACPI booting of a ThreadRipper 1950X, for example. After establishing the behavior for that, one can figure out how to see what will boot at an earlier stage if needed (and if possible), not that I've bothered. What I have done on occasion is to deliberately select something other than what I'd set as a temporary default when I changed my mind for some reason after starting the reboot that would otherwise have lead to the temporary activation's boot. And, yes, temporary activation is specific to the newer bectl. As I remember, that agrees with the documentation for them. === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com