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This is not a real problem. I just noticed this CLI admin dilemma. I have a script that adds 4 predefined users to a target FreeBSD installation dir. It runs as root. All users of the target system have file aaa in their home directory. They also...

When I drop into the shell in Clonezilla (based on Debian) I try to mount the NFS share but get this error which means nothing to me:- mount.nfs: failed to apply fstab options I just found this link which I will try to comprehend:-...

Ilovehotdog No. 16-CURRENT is the OS but it will use the same driver.

At run time, when that one running in a tmux session, I have no matches: [21:04 r730-01 dvl ~] % ls -l /dev/nm* zsh: no matches found: /dev/nm* [21:04 r730-01 dvl ~] %

You don't need the backup file to be sparse if you compress it. Instead of compressing disk backup files I store them uncompressed on a ZFS with compression and dedup enabled. That gives huge savings with incremental new backups of the same...

I'm in the process of trying to get working via PXE, but can't get an NFS mount set up properly. Rather I think I did about ten years ago, but I'm trying to create a script so that I can automatically back up any disk I attach to my PXE client...

Windows XP will generally not boot anyway when you change the PC too much or use a different one. To make compression of the disk image more effective you should write a large file of zeros to fill up the filesystem, then unlink it. You should...

Its a disk with an installation of Windows XP which I'd like to keep a backup copy of in case I need again at some time so I don't have to go through the pain of installing it again.

There is options CAM_IOSCHED_DYNAMIC non-default build time option (kernel configuration), but maybe it's not the OP wants. And as this is kernel configuration, enabling it requires custom kernel. From my memo in my kernel configuration...

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New release - v2.0 — 2026-04-25 - Automatic backup creation for "/etc/sysctl.conf" and "/boot/loader.conf" for safe rollback. - Resolved problem with un‑commented variables in "/etc/sysctl.conf" and "/boot/loader.conf". Try FBSD-Net-Autotuner

These lines write in /etc/sysctl.conf 192 echo "# Added by fbsd-net-autotuner on $(date '+%F %T')" >> /etc/sysctl.conf 193 echo "${key}=${val}" >> /etc/sysctl.conf the next line is for write in the log 194 log "Added persistent $key=$val to...

balanga, you didn't specify the type of data on that system and whether you need the entire filesystem byte for byte. Assuming it's just regular "user data" files, I'd simply do a: tar -cvzf /mnt/path/to/backup.tar.gz /path/to/my/data

I tried creating a second HASS instance. It has the same start problem. I was able to create a new VM and get it running, but only when using -f Followed https://community.home-assistant.io/t/homeassistant-on-freebsd-using-bhyve/859127/1...

This seems to be the main difference between -f and not using -f: This is the failed start: 2026-04-25T17:31:05+00:00: [bhyve console: -l com1,/dev/nmdm-hass.1A] This is the start with -f which succeeds: 2026-04-25T17:32:01+00:00: [bhyve...

OK, so desktop and building at the same time. Do you currently observe problems doing that? Does youtube stutter or something?

I used innoextract for Oblivion: innoextract --extract --exclude-temp --output-dir ~/'.wine/The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion/drive_c/Program Files' ~/'Downloads/Oblivion/setup_oblivion_1.2.0416_cs_(12788).exe' && mv -f ~/'.wine/The Elder Scrolls...

Again, the question is whether you run your desktop at the same time and if so whether you notice issues.

Chris I. Nailed it! Adding set console="eficom" during boot (ESC to add boot options and then "boot") booted it up as it should. Then adding the same option to the /boot/loader.conf file has everything working great again. Thanks!

Is this a Gen10-11? I picked up a HPE MicroServer Gen11 and it has trouble booting 15.0. It's a open issue related to iLO console/serial port that seems to affect some recent model HPE and Dell machines. It's already been patched in CURRENT. For...

dev.hwpstate_intel.0.epp="0" is cooler :cool: I'd have no scheduler with NVMe (general software scheduling likely slower than hardware-specific NVMe scheduling) I prefer traditional schedulers; an article implied sched_ext is useful for HT/SMT...

Worth a try: store the partition table of the entire disk with fdisk -f and treat the content as a usual directory tree Compress it to 1 file with a tar/gzip pipe. To restore the disk from nothing, the partition table must be written back and the...

I don't know why these error messages are appearing: sysctl: kern.ipc...: Invalid argument I see there are some kernel variables without comments. I need to fix that. Thanks for testing it and sharing the results.

I believe tests should be conducted under the strictest possible equality of conditions: first comparing all OS in VM, and then comparing all OS on bare metal both without extra network loads and after with additional network loads (such as...

Maturin I have no problem with anything related to files/disks using UFS. I'm simply talking about Windows installations. I think I will try to use Clonzilla which I can start up easily via PXE and then backup via NFS to my server. From my...

Lxqt,

You could start by explaining why you don't want to back up an in-filesystem view, such as just tarring it up. You only need to deal with free space when you do a disk view backup.

We can't read minds. No context, hence someone asked, and that filled in the blanks.

You list 2 workloads and say "3". Anyway, gaming with no background load is trivial. Since there's no competition it doesn't matter how smart you schedule. As for desktop with compilation in the background, do you observe actual problems (other...

It was a parody on Alfredo's. He's going on my nerves.

If you want to dig into the details based on your network setup, just install it and give it a try. Even if it’s only for hands-on learning, you’ll pick up useful insights. Have fun experimenting!

This model does not do image generation.

That reply sucked.

You can just copy over an installed tree from windows or linux.

Well, for gaming you don't need any of that whizwaz. Did you measure whether your workload actually improves with these (most are default anyway). What is your workload?

I am trying to export a directory and one of its subdirectories. Should I be able to do this on both v3 and v4? Are there any restrictions?

Isn't Apple II completely underpowered to run this game fluidly? I'm looking at YT videos and the frame rate drops significantly in combat. Something like a 286 10 MHz with EGA was cheap budget PC in 1989, and it is able to play Prince at full...

Does anyone run clonezilla via pxe? I can boot up via pxe and can start clonezilla with any problems, but would like to run a script to clone a local hard drive. Does anyone have this working?

I have used clonezilla in the past but never managed to script a backup so it's like starting from scratch every time. One of the biggest problems I have is mounting an NFS share. Is there a FreeBSD equivalent of Clonezilla or has anyone tried...

dd can only backup your drive 1:1, so also the empty space is backupped, which, as you already see yourself, is pretty bogus, especially when the drive is pretty empty. gzip like all other packers work on files, not drives or partitions...

Interesting find but I notice:- ie. no model 80.

It's 75GB but only 5GB is in use.

Dosbox is least good choice to enjoy DOS games. It is good for occasional run, but as a high level emulator it is highly inaccurate across the board. One that thinks this is harsh opinion, probably did not fire up a real DOS computer + game in...

Sorry but I'm a nerd, and I had to argue! Without more context in the answer or without quoting the OP, a short and "inflammatory" messages like "I don't care. Use the search tool" cannot be intuitively related to the OP after 10 days and 5 pages...

Is this a Gen10-11? I picked up a HPE MicroServer Gen11 and it has trouble booting 15.0. It's a open issue related to iLO console/serial port that seems to affect some recent model HPE and Dell machines. It's already been patched in CURRENT. For...

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to backup/archive a disk which has lots of free space? The only way I can think of is to use dd & gzip. Is there is a better alternative?

New release - v1.9 — 2026-04-25 - Added RACK/TLP tuning parameters for improved performance in high-latency and reordering-prone networks. - Added standard TCP stack tuning parameters. Try FBSD-Net-Autotuner

Chris I. Nailed it! Adding set console="eficom" during boot (ESC to add boot options and then "boot") booted it up as it should. Then adding the same option to the /boot/loader.conf file has everything working great again. Thanks!

I tried to make a new snapshot for the second time in my life (new to ZFS). # zfs snapshot -r zroot@snapshot cannot create snapshot 'zroot@snapshot': dataset already exists I'm guessing I need to destroy the old snapshot first, if I want to...