by Cao | Dec 19, 2016 | Bootloader, Tutorial
This short tutorial by user shibaa987 shows you how to set and unset loader variables during boot loader prompt for FreeBSD. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions. Important question is why you need to set and unset variables at boot time??? The...
by Cao | Nov 17, 2016 | Bootloader
OpenIndiana version 2016.10 has incorporated the FreeBSD boot loader, along with MATE desktop. OpenIndiana is based on Illumos and derived from OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystem’s now defunct open source operating system. Read the full article in the link below. The...
by Cao | Jan 27, 2016 | Bootloader, ZFS
This revision (https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=293001) by Allan Jude added ZFS Boot Environment support to the FreeBSD bootloader, allowing users to boot their systems to multiple versions of FreeBSD using one zpool. This work has led to...