Hi, some additional info.
After bsdinstall(8) fails - and asks for new 'try' to is not able to do anything with that error: +-------------|Error|-------------+ | No disk(s) present to configure | +---------------------------------+ | [ OK ] | +---------------------------------+ The disk - needs to be cleaned after fail operation - for example like that: - https://github.com/vermaden/scripts/blob/master/storage-wipe-clean.sh Also - I made another test installation and I am able to install FreeBSD on ZFS with only 300 MB of RAM. Boot: continue with 'vt100' default. Select 'Live System' option. Execute these: root@:~ # kldload zfs ZFS filesystem version: 5 ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000) root@:~ # sysctl vfs.zfs.arc.min=33554432 vfs.zfs.arc.min: 0 -> 33554432 root@:~ # sysctl vfs.zfs.arc.max=67108864 vfs.zfs.arc.max: 0 -> 67108864 root@:~ # sysctl vm.pageout_oom_seq=1200 vm.pageout_oom_seq: 12 -> 1200 root@:~ # bsdinstall I selected PKGBASE and Offline installation. Then I switched from (BIOS) to (BIOS+UEFI) and installed these System Components: [X] base The complete base system (includes devel) Stats after install (before reboot): root@:/ # dmesg | grep -i memory real memory = 314572800 (300 MB) avail memory = 263303168 (251 MB) root@:/ # top -b -o res last pid: 2544; load averages: 1.31, 0.80, 0.34 up 0+00:02:20 18:02:03 10 processes: 1 running, 9 sleeping CPU: 7.8% user, 0.0% nice, 16.7% system, 12.1% interrupt, 63.4% idle Mem: 3588K Active, 11M Inact, 6376K Laundry, 148M Wired, 5800K Buf, 89M Free ARC: 47M Total, 2667K MFU, 38M MRU, 128K Anon, 294K Header, 6515K Other 29M Compressed, 65M Uncompressed, 2.24:1 Ratio I tried the same with 256MB of RAM - but it fails. About that '^H' problem - in vt100 mode when I hit [ENTER] key to change ZFS options I do: - hit [LEFT] arrow as many times to be in that place: >< -o compression=on -o atime=off Then I hit [BACKSPACE] key two times so its like that: >< -o compression= -o atime=off Then i type [Z][S][T][D] so it looks like that: >< -o compression=zstd -o atime=off ... and I hit [ENTER]. Hope that helps. Regards, vermaden Temat: Re: FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 Now Available Data: 2025-09-28 0:49 Nadawca: "vermaden" <verma...@interia.pl> Adresat: "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team" <r...@freebsd.org>; "freebsd-snapsh...@freebsd.org" <freebsd-snapsh...@freebsd.org>; "freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org" <freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org>; DW: "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team" <r...@freebsd.org>; freebsd-sysinst...@freebsd.org; > > > Hi. > > Just tested FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 inside Bhyve 1 vCPU and 512MB vRAM. > > Installs properly and pkg(8) is bootstrapped after install - good > to see progress in right direction here - thanks. > > I also tried to do the same with 1 vCPU and 'vm-bhyve' default > 256MB vRAM ... and that one fails due to lack of RAM. > > Options chosen: > - BIOS+GELI > - PKGBASE > - Only Offline Packages > > The 256MB vRAM install fails for both '12' and '120': > - vm.pageout_oom_seq: 12 > - vm.pageout_oom_seq: 120 > > One thing that 'bothers' me - is that at first boot installer > asks what TERM I want - I typed 'xterm' there. > > I would make 'xterm' the default unless user specifies > otherwise ... but maybe I miss something? > > Now - after selecting 'xterm' I selected 'Live System' - then > set 'vm.pageout_oom_seq=120' and executed 'bsdinstall' > command - but this time - even as I selected 'xterm' at the beginning - it starts with 'vt100' mode - the 'xterm' (or any other) should be PRESERVED in subsequent > tasks/executions. > > Also ... after I started that bsdinstall(8) again - this time in > 'vt100' mode - I was unable to change the ZFS options from > 'compression=on' to 'compression=zstd' because probably some > escape sequences (or ^H) were not handled properly and bsdinstall(8) > complained that 'compression' option supports only > ${LIST_OF_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_ALGOS} ... > > Hope that helps, > vermaden > > > > > > > > > Temat: FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA4 Now Available > Data: 2025-09-27 22:34 > Nadawca: "Colin Percival" <cperc...@freebsd.org> > Adresat: freebsd-snapsh...@freebsd.org; freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org; > DW: "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team" <r...@freebsd.org>; > >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> The fourth alpha build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. >> >> Installation images are available for: >> >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 amd64 GENERIC >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 powerpc64 GENERIC64 >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 armv7 GENERICSD >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 GENERIC >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 RPI >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 PINE64 >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 PINE64-LTS >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 PINEBOOK >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 ROCK64 >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 aarch64 ROCKPRO64 >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 riscv64 GENERIC >> o 15.0-ALPHA4 riscv64 GENERICSD >> >> (...)
