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I want to integrate the update status of the base system into my monitoring. Is there an easy way to query freebsd-update or any other tool to give me information on whether there are updates available? I thought of a way similar to what I can do with pkg: pkg audit -q | wc -l for example will...

Right. It's maybe getting a bit off topic, but now I'm just wondering how do I install components that I missed during system installation. I remember there was the option to install source. Can I also install it after system installation so it matches my release and is properly patched/updated...

I thought more about the components that are managed by freebsd-update like world, kernel and src.

I just checked and they are installed indeed, but MANPATH was not set correctly in my shell ;-) What is the way to install additional components after installation, e.g. sources?

How do I install the manpages on FreeBSD 10.0?

So the only way this works for me is to disable the beastie menu and then press and hold a key very early during boot. Either the autoboot delay must be long enough or I have to press the key before the autoboot starts when the kernel is still being loaded. That's the only way I'm able to...

Hmmm .... so I was wrong in one point. When I set kernel= to some non-existent path in /boot/loader.conf, the loader fails and escapes to the command prompt. Then the serial input works. But it still doesn't work in the beastie loader menu. I guess my serial console configuration must be okay...

Could it have anything to do with the fact I'm using pmbr and gptboot? Or should the loader itself provide the necessary code for the serial console? What's about the recent switch from the sio driver to uart? It's just in the kernel, so the loader shouldn't be affected, although the kernel is...

That's what I did. I followed the terse version, since boot.config only applies if you have BSD labels. I tried my custom kernel, the generic kernel, different speeds, two different boards of the exactly the same hardware ... still nothing. I remember this worked in 7.2, although the input was...

I have an Alix 2d2 board from pcengines.ch with one serial port. When I boot I have input and output on the serial console during all stages of the boot process, from BIOS to the tty login prompt, except in the loader menu. There I can see all output but whatever key I press I cannot interrupt...