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> Linux, generally speaking, has a much nicer upgrade story. FreeBSD's works, but having to reboot and run freebsd-update multiple times during a major upgrade
by vermaden 4y ago
> Linux, generally speaking, has a much nicer upgrade story. FreeBSD's works, but having to reboot and run freebsd-update multiple times during a major upgrade is annoying.
This also annoyed me so I implemented one reboot way with ZFS Boot Environments - described here in details:
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/upgrade-freebsd-with-zfs-boot-environments/ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/upgrade-freebsd-wi...
Sometimes its even possible to upgrade without reboot as beadm(8) supports the 'reroot' feature. If you kernel did not upgraded - then you do not need to reboot - just reroot:
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/zfs-boot-environments-revolutions/ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/zfs-boot-environme...
Regards.