From 6e6661e13c770f7e4424fcbbec2fb05c9f5946cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: allanjude Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:15:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document that nextboot(8) doesn't work as expected with ZFS Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2087 Submitted by: feld (request) Reviewed by: feld Approved by: bcr (mentor) Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc. --- sbin/reboot/nextboot.8 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/reboot/nextboot.8 b/sbin/reboot/nextboot.8 index 7d4135298ac0..14573e2cbec5 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/nextboot.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/nextboot.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 31, 2012 +.Dd March 17, 2015 .Dt NEXTBOOT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -130,3 +130,9 @@ It is also my first attempt to write in Forth. Finally, it does some evil things like writing to the file system before it has been checked. If it scrambles your file system, do not blame me. +.Pp +.Xr loader 8 +is only able to read ZFS, not write to it. +.Pa nextboot.conf +will NOT be reset in case of a kernel boot failure. + -- 2.39.5