pkg chroot problem

[Annalesa]

I run pkg --rootdir /compat/freebsd ins FreeBSD-set-minimal pkg and chroot /compat/freebsd. But in the chroot, the pkg is working, it will say Cannot open dev/null.

 

[Annalesa]

I also tried to run
pkg -o ABI=FreeBSD:14:i386 -o OSVERSION=1403000 --rootdir /compat/freebsd32 ins
I copied the /usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15 to pkgbase-14, but it's not working

 

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I run pkg --rootdir /compat/freebsd ins FreeBSD-set-minimal pkg and chroot /compat/freebsd. But in the chroot, the pkg is working, it will say Cannot open dev/null.

See instructions for methods to install pkgbase in a chroot(8) environment and how to handle the /dev/null issue:

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Post in thread 'Preparing a Diskless (PXE boot) image with packages'

Jan 19, 2026

I need to figure out how to install a package onto a diskless image. Would chroot(8) do the trick or is it more involved?

Before chroot(8) make sure host/etc/resolv.conf is copied to /diskless/etc, and host/dev is mount_nullfs(8) to diskless/dev.

I currently fill out the base system by tar(1) extract of base.txz and kernel.txz. That works well but things are changing with the coming 15.1-RELEASE so I also need to learn how to do this step in pkgbase.

This will do: assuming /diskless/15.0-RELEASE root directory...

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Post in thread 'Preparing a Diskless (PXE boot) image with packages'

Jan 19, 2026

Another option I forgot about is bsdinstall(8). This option is the easiest way to install from a remote pkgbase repository. Make sure /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf FreeBSD-base: is set to enabled: yes.

env BSDINSTALL_CHROOT=/diskless/15.0-RELEASE  bsdinstall  pkgbase

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