zfs
SDDM, KDE Plasma, root-on-OpenZFS – simple. On Linux.
Yes, I'll install the theme snaps.
Will I install zectl – a ZFS boot environment manager for Linux? Maybe …
<https://ramsdenj.com/posts/2020-03-18-zectl-zfs-boot-environment-manager-for-linux/> | <https://github.com/johnramsden/zectl>
#SDDM #KDE #Plasma #Debian #Linux #Ubuntu #zectl #ZFS #OpenZFS #Gnome #GDM
I’m currently having a hard/fun time trying to run #Slackware with encrypted #ZFS root. Not like it’s something many seem to do (or document).
Hopefully, https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Slackware/index.html and https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:zfs_root are great. But I have only read it 3 times and unsuccessfully applied dozens yet 😰
With Apple phasing out AFP in macOS 27 and Time Capsules officially reaching end-of-life, it's time to move network backups to proper SMB.
If you run a FreeBSD server, you can build a fast, rock-solid, and secure Time Machine target powered by ZFS and Samba - neatly isolated inside a FreeBSD jail using Bastille.
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/time-machine-freebsd-jail/
Keep your macOS backups running smoothly via SMBv3 (with full vfs_fruit support) and full dataset quota control on ZFS!
#FreeBSD #macOS #TimeMachine #ZFS #BastilleBSD #Samba #SysAdmin #Backup #OwnYourData #SelfHosted #BSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData
So what kind of Tower Server do I buy to replace my NAS and Ryzen Thinkcenter that holds all the jails etc.?
Dell PowerEdge T630? T640? What CPU? Raid Controller with JBOD/passthrough mode? So many options...
reboot -r
– no longer reboots the operating system. Not reproducible with FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE.
In the ALT text here (auto-detected):
Trying to mount root from zfs:maximal/ROOT/sixteen []...
FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT main-n286985-90ea8e89d9b7 GENERIC-NODEBUG amd64 1600019 1600019
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/log/?qt=range&q=90ea8e89d9b7&h=main>, I have not attempted to bisect.
Seeking RB_REROOT in GitHub finds two commits, the most recent (December 2025):
<https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/4453ec5b8716bc465ff5192986099dc75d1f2ce7>
– is that the regression, or am I way off? According to cgit, it has not been cherry-picked to releng/15.1 <https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/log/?qt=grep&q=reboot%3A+Default+to+a+clean+shutdown&h=releng%2F15.1> or stable/15.
![Screenshot of FreeBSD-CURRENT failing to reboot.
Trying to mount root from zfs:maximal/ROOT/sixteen [1]...](/proxy/post_attachment/290774/402fc1e2f0.png "Screenshot of FreeBSD-CURRENT failing to reboot.
Trying to mount root from zfs:maximal/ROOT/sixteen [1]...")