Tag:zfs

All the articles with the tag "zfs".

• [FreeBSD] Basic backups

  September 18, 2022 | 09:03 PM

  Just stashing my primitive backup script so I don’t forget where it is and how it works.

• [FreeBSD] Damn, I locked myself out

  September 16, 2022 | 10:17 AM

  I was toying with my `/boot/loader.conf` and found that `zfs_load="YES"` felt awfully similar to `zfs_enable="YES"` in my `/etc/rc.conf` . So I experimented with commenting it out as a test. 👀 The next 15 minutes were somewhat painful but I did learn that yes, that is required to boot your OS.

• [Gentoo] There and back again

  September 30, 2022 | 04:23 PM

  OK - so I’m back on Gentoo. It’s not that BSD isn’t appealing. I just need a more robust desktop OS and FreeBSD has its share of shortfalls in that department. I’ll list the ones that ultimately resulted in my return to Gentoo because I imagine a future when these are no longer obstacles, and I come crawling back.