Loader.conf problem

[Warner Losh]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Thomas Laus <lausts at acm.org> wrote:

> I recently upgraded my FreeBSD-Current system today and did not fully
> understand the impact of changes to loader.conf.  My system has a Geli
> encrypted ZFS pool.  In the past whenever I screwed up, I was able to
> use 'Beadm' into boot the most recent good kernel or enter a shell to
> reread the UPDATING notes for a clearer understanding of what needs to
> be done before rebooting.
>
> Is my system recoverable or does it require wiping and reloading from a
> snapshot?  If it is recoverable, how to do?
>

My changes to the system hasn't changed how things work. Or at least
shouldn't have changed anything. If they do, that's likely a bug, and
likely my fault.

The one exception is if you're booting off GELI + ZFS with UEFI based on
boot1.efi changes that were in the tree for a few days...

Warner