Beelink ME mini - FreeBSD

Hardware info on main page.

This machine runs the amd64 version of FreeBSD.

the system drive looks like this

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart show -p nvd0
=>        40  1953525088    nvd0  GPT  (932G)
          40      532480  nvd0p1  efi  (260M)
      532520        1024  nvd0p2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
      533544         984          - free -  (492K)
      534528     4194304  nvd0p3  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
     4728832  1948794880  nvd0p4  freebsd-zfs  (929G)
  1953523712        1416          - free -  (708K)

data drives

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart show -p nvd0 nvd1 nvd2 nvd4 nvd5
=>        40  8001573472    nvd0  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd0p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd1  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd1p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd2  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd2p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd4  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd4p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd5  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd5p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

work log

2025-11-01: zroot - load the coretemp kld

root@kg-f7:~ # sysrc kld_list+=" coretemp"
kld_list:  -> coretemp

2025-11-01: zroot - smartctl info for system drive

root@kg-f7:~ # smartctl -i /dev/nvme3
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       WD Blue SN570 1TB
Serial Number:                      22292K802394
Firmware Version:                   234110WD
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x15b7
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0x001b44
Total NVM Capacity:                 1,000,204,886,016 [1.00 TB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      0
NVMe Version:                       1.4
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          1,000,204,886,016 [1.00 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            001b44 8b4b035321
Local Time is:                      Sat Nov  1 18:19:25 2025 CET

smartctl info for data drives

root@kg-f7:~ # smartctl -i /dev/nvme0
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
Serial Number:                      QER497R000872P220J
Firmware Version:                   V4.0.4
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x1d97
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0xcaf25b
Total NVM Capacity:                 4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      0
NVMe Version:                       2.0
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            caf25b 0310000124
Local Time is:                      Sat Nov  1 18:20:37 2025 CET

root@kg-f7:~ # smartctl -i /dev/nvme1
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
Serial Number:                      QER497R000899P220J
Firmware Version:                   V4.0.4
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x1d97
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0xcaf25b
Total NVM Capacity:                 4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      0
NVMe Version:                       2.0
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            caf25b 0310000127
Local Time is:                      Sat Nov  1 18:20:41 2025 CET

root@kg-f7:~ # smartctl -i /dev/nvme2
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
Serial Number:                      QER497R001073P220J
Firmware Version:                   V4.0.4
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x1d97
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0xcaf25b
Total NVM Capacity:                 4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      0
NVMe Version:                       2.0
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            caf25b 031000017f
Local Time is:                      Sat Nov  1 18:20:43 2025 CET

root@kg-f7:~ # smartctl -i /dev/nvme4
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
Serial Number:                      QER497R001074P220J
Firmware Version:                   V4.0.4
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x1d97
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0xcaf25b
Total NVM Capacity:                 4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      0
NVMe Version:                       2.0
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            caf25b 0320000189
Local Time is:                      Sat Nov  1 18:20:46 2025 CET

root@kg-f7:~ # smartctl -i /dev/nvme5
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE-p6 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
Serial Number:                      QER497R002315P220J
Firmware Version:                   V4.0.4
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x1d97
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0xcaf25b
Total NVM Capacity:                 4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      0
NVMe Version:                       2.0
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          4,096,805,658,624 [4.09 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            caf25b 0320000520
Local Time is:                      Sat Nov  1 18:20:49 2025 CET

2025-11-01: zroot - pkg - install smartmontools

Nov  1 18:16:22 kg-f7 pkg[1721]: smartmontools-7.5 installed

enable smartd

root@kg-f7:~ # sysrc smartd_enable="YES"
smartd_enable:  -> YES

2025-11-01: zroot - reboot, FreeBSD 13.5-release-p6 is in

root@kg-f7:~ # freebsd-version -ku
13.5-RELEASE-p6
13.5-RELEASE-p6

kernel

root@kg-f7:~ # uname -a
FreeBSD kg-f7.kg4.no 13.5-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE-p6 GENERIC amd64

2025-11-01: zroot - enable mdns name resolution by editing /etc/nsswitch.conf before

root@kg-f7:~ # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf | grep ^hosts
hosts: files dns

after

root@kg-f7:~ # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf | grep ^hosts
hosts: files mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns

2025-11-01: zroot - enable avahi (requires dbus)

root@kg-f7:~ # sysrc dbus_enable="YES"
dbus_enable:  -> YES
root@kg-f7:~ # sysrc avahi_daemon_enable="YES"
avahi_daemon_enable:  -> YES

2025-11-01: zroot - pkg - install nss_mdns (and avahi-app)

Nov  1 17:55:45 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: expat-2.7.3 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: gettext-runtime-0.23.1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: gnome_subr-1.0 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libICE-1.1.2,1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libSM-1.2.6,1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libXau-1.0.12 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libdaemon-0.14_1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libevent-2.1.12 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libffi-3.5.1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libiconv-1.17_1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libinotify-20240724_3 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: mpdecimal-4.0.1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: pcre2-10.46 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: readline-8.2.13_2 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: gdbm-1.26 installed
Nov  1 17:55:46 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libxml2-2.14.5 installed
Nov  1 17:55:48 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: python311-3.11.13_1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:48 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: py311-packaging-25.0 installed
Nov  1 17:55:49 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: glib-2.84.1_3,2 installed
Nov  1 17:55:49 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: xorgproto-2024.1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:49 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libXdmcp-1.1.5 installed
Nov  1 17:55:49 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libxcb-1.17.0 installed
Nov  1 17:55:49 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: libX11-1.8.12,1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:50 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: dbus-1.16.2_4,1 installed
Nov  1 17:55:50 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: dbus-glib-0.114 installed
Nov  1 17:55:50 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: avahi-app-0.8_6 installed
Nov  1 17:55:50 kg-f7 pkg[7470]: nss_mdns-0.14.1.20200624_1 installed

2025-11-01: zroot - pkg - upgrade

Nov  1 17:52:13 kg-f7 pkg[7346]: pkg upgraded: 2.2.2 -> 2.3.1_1 
Nov  1 17:52:23 kg-f7 pkg[7375]: libunistring upgraded: 1.3 -> 1.4.1 
Nov  1 17:52:23 kg-f7 pkg[7375]: curl-8.14.1 deinstalled
Nov  1 17:52:23 kg-f7 pkg[7375]: libnghttp2 upgraded: 1.66.0 -> 1.67.0 
Nov  1 17:52:23 kg-f7 pkg[7375]: curl-8.16.0 installed

2025-11-01: zroot - freebsd-update fetch

root@kg-f7:~ # freebsd-update fetch
src component not installed, skipped
[..]
The following files will be updated as part of updating to
13.5-RELEASE-p6:
/bin/freebsd-version
/boot/kernel/kernel
/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/kernel.debug

install

root@kg-f7:~ # freebsd-update install
src component not installed, skipped
Creating snapshot of existing boot environment... done.
Installing updates...
Restarting sshd after upgrade
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Stopping sshd.
Waiting for PIDS: 1610.
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
Scanning //usr/share/certs/blacklisted for certificates...
Scanning //usr/share/certs/trusted for certificates...
 done.

2025-11-01: zroot - fix DHCP setup (also update on DHCP server side)

root@kg-f7:~ # tail -1 /etc/dhclient.conf 
send dhcp-client-identifier "kg-f7.kg4.no";

2025-11-01: zroot - zfs - situation

root@kg-f7:~ # zpool list
NAME    SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  CKPOINT  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP    HEALTH  ALTROOT
z7     18.6T  1.05M  18.6T        -         -     0%     0%  1.00x    ONLINE  -
zroot   928G  1.50G   927G        -         -     0%     0%  1.00x    ONLINE  -

df info

root@kg-f7:~ # df -h
Filesystem            Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
zroot/ROOT/default    899G    1.3G    898G     0%    /
devfs                 1.0K      0B    1.0K     0%    /dev
/dev/gpt/efiboot0     260M    1.7M    258M     1%    /boot/efi
zroot/tmp             898G    104K    898G     0%    /tmp
zroot                 898G     96K    898G     0%    /zroot
zroot/var/log         898G    316K    898G     0%    /var/log
zroot/var/audit       898G     96K    898G     0%    /var/audit
zroot/usr/ports       898G     96K    898G     0%    /usr/ports
zroot/usr/home        898G    140K    898G     0%    /usr/home
zroot/var/crash       898G     96K    898G     0%    /var/crash
zroot/var/mail        898G     96K    898G     0%    /var/mail
zroot/usr/src         898G     96K    898G     0%    /usr/src
zroot/var/tmp         898G     96K    898G     0%    /var/tmp
z7                     11T    171K     11T     0%    /z7

2025-11-01: zroot - data pool creation - dry run

root@kg-f7:~ # zpool create -n z7 raidz2 /dev/nvd0p1 /dev/nvd1p1 /dev/nvd2p1 /dev/nvd4p1 /dev/nvd5p1
would create 'z7' with the following layout:

    z7
      raidz2
        nvd0p1
        nvd1p1
        nvd2p1
        nvd4p1
        nvd5p1

do it

root@kg-f7:~ # zpool create z7 raidz2 /dev/nvd0p1 /dev/nvd1p1 /dev/nvd2p1 /dev/nvd4p1 /dev/nvd5p1

zpool status z7

root@kg-f7:~ # zpool status z7
  pool: z7
 state: ONLINE
config:

    NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
    z7          ONLINE       0     0     0
      raidz2-0  ONLINE       0     0     0
        nvd0p1  ONLINE       0     0     0
        nvd1p1  ONLINE       0     0     0
        nvd2p1  ONLINE       0     0     0
        nvd4p1  ONLINE       0     0     0
        nvd5p1  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors

zpool history z7

root@kg-f7:~ # zpool history z7
History for 'z7':
2025-11-01.17:07:43 zpool create z7 raidz2 /dev/nvd0p1 /dev/nvd1p1 /dev/nvd2p1 /dev/nvd4p1 /dev/nvd5p1

2025-11-01: zroot - add freebsd-zfs partitions to each data ssd

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart add -t freebsd-zfs nvd0
nvd0p1 added
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart add -t freebsd-zfs nvd1
nvd1p1 added
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart add -t freebsd-zfs nvd2
nvd2p1 added
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart add -t freebsd-zfs nvd4
nvd4p1 added
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart add -t freebsd-zfs nvd5
nvd5p1 added

and now it looks like this

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart show -p 
=>       34  122142653    mmcsd0  GPT  (58G)
         34       2014            - free -  (1.0M)
       2048     204800  mmcsd0p1  efi  (100M)
     206848      32768  mmcsd0p2  ms-reserved  (16M)
     239616    2097152  mmcsd0p3  ms-recovery  (1.0G)
    2336768  119805919  mmcsd0p4  ms-basic-data  (57G)

=>        40  1953525088    nvd3  GPT  (932G)
          40      532480  nvd3p1  efi  (260M)
      532520        1024  nvd3p2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
      533544         984          - free -  (492K)
      534528     4194304  nvd3p3  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
     4728832  1948794880  nvd3p4  freebsd-zfs  (929G)
  1953523712        1416          - free -  (708K)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd0  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd0p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd1  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd1p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd2  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd2p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd4  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd4p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472    nvd5  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472  nvd5p1  freebsd-zfs  (3.7T)

2025-11-01: zroot - create GPT on each ssd

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart create -s GPT nvd0
nvd0 created
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart create -s GPT nvd1
nvd1 created
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart create -s GPT nvd2
nvd2 created
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart create -s GPT nvd4
nvd4 created
root@kg-f7:~ # gpart create -s GPT nvd5
nvd5 created

now it looks like this

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart show -p
=>       34  122142653    mmcsd0  GPT  (58G)
         34       2014            - free -  (1.0M)
       2048     204800  mmcsd0p1  efi  (100M)
     206848      32768  mmcsd0p2  ms-reserved  (16M)
     239616    2097152  mmcsd0p3  ms-recovery  (1.0G)
    2336768  119805919  mmcsd0p4  ms-basic-data  (57G)

=>        40  1953525088    nvd3  GPT  (932G)
          40      532480  nvd3p1  efi  (260M)
      532520        1024  nvd3p2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
      533544         984          - free -  (492K)
      534528     4194304  nvd3p3  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
     4728832  1948794880  nvd3p4  freebsd-zfs  (929G)
  1953523712        1416          - free -  (708K)

=>        40  8001573472  nvd0  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472        - free -  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472  nvd1  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472        - free -  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472  nvd2  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472        - free -  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472  nvd4  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472        - free -  (3.7T)

=>        40  8001573472  nvd5  GPT  (3.7T)
          40  8001573472        - free -  (3.7T)

2025-11-01: zroot - on first powerup after installing the data SSDs, the machine stopped at the UEFI prompt. One reset and it boots. nvmecontrol reports

root@kg-f7:~ # nvmecontrol devlist
 nvme0: Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
    nvme0ns1 (3907018MB)
 nvme1: Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
    nvme1ns1 (3907018MB)
 nvme2: Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
    nvme2ns1 (3907018MB)
 nvme3: WD Blue SN570 1TB
    nvme3ns1 (953869MB)
 nvme4: Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
    nvme4ns1 (3907018MB)
 nvme5: Lexar SSD NM790 4TB
    nvme5ns1 (3907018MB)

2025-10-11: zroot - reboot, FreeBSD 13.5-release-p5 is in

root@kg-f7:~ # freebsd-version -ku
13.5-RELEASE
13.5-RELEASE-p5

kernel (unchanged)

root@kg-f7:~ # uname -a
FreeBSD kg-f7.kg4.no 13.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE releng/13.5-n259162-882b9f3f2218 GENERIC amd64

2025-10-11: zroot - freebsd-update fetch

root@kg-f7:~ # freebsd-update fetch
src component not installed, skipped
[..]
The following files will be removed as part of updating to
13.5-RELEASE-p5:
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/03179a64.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/080911ac.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/157753a5.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/2c543cd1.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/2e5ac55d.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/3e45d192.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/4a6481c9.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/5273a94c.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/5c44d531.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/76cb8f92.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/861a399d.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/9c2e7d30.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/d853d49e.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/f3377b1b.0
/etc/ssl/certs/08063a00.0
/etc/ssl/certs/18856ac4.0
/etc/ssl/certs/57bcb2da.0
/etc/ssl/certs/5e98733a.0
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/AddTrust_External_Root.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/AddTrust_Low-Value_Services_Root.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Cybertrust_Global_Root.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/DST_Root_CA_X3.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/E-Tugra_Certification_Authority.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/GeoTrust_Global_CA.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/GlobalSign_Root_CA_-_R2.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Hongkong_Post_Root_CA_1.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/QuoVadis_Root_CA.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Security_Communication_Root_CA.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Sonera_Class_2_Root_CA.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Staat_der_Nederlanden_EV_Root_CA.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Staat_der_Nederlanden_Root_CA_-_G2.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Trustis_FPS_Root_CA.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/Entrust_Root_Certification_Authority_-_G4.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/SecureSign_RootCA11.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/Security_Communication_RootCA3.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/SwissSign_Silver_CA_-_G2.pem
The following files will be added as part of updating to
13.5-RELEASE-p5:
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/08063a00.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/18856ac4.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/57bcb2da.0
/etc/ssl/blacklisted/5e98733a.0
/etc/ssl/certs/616816f6.0
/etc/ssl/certs/6a9bdba3.0
/etc/ssl/certs/878d9bca.0
/etc/ssl/certs/a09a51ae.0
/etc/ssl/certs/b8d25de6.0
/etc/ssl/certs/ba8887ce.0
/etc/ssl/certs/ffdd40f9.0
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Entrust_Root_Certification_Authority_-_G4.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/SecureSign_RootCA11.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/Security_Communication_RootCA3.pem
/usr/share/certs/blacklisted/SwissSign_Silver_CA_-_G2.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/D-TRUST_BR_Root_CA_2_2023.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/D-TRUST_EV_Root_CA_2_2023.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/FIRMAPROFESIONAL_CA_ROOT-A_WEB.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/SecureSign_Root_CA12.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/SecureSign_Root_CA14.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/SecureSign_Root_CA15.pem
/usr/share/certs/trusted/TWCA_CYBER_Root_CA.pem
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Coyhaique
The following files will be updated as part of updating to
13.5-RELEASE-p5:
/bin/freebsd-version
/boot/kernel/if_ena.ko
/boot/kernel/zfs.ko
/lib/libbsdxml.so.4
/lib/libc.so.7
/lib/libcrypto.so.111
/lib/libzpool.so.2
[..]
/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone1970.tab

install

root@kg-f7:~ # freebsd-update install
src component not installed, skipped
Creating snapshot of existing boot environment... done.
Installing updates...
Restarting sshd after upgrade
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Stopping sshd.
Waiting for PIDS: 1642.
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
Scanning //usr/share/certs/blacklisted for certificates...
Scanning //usr/share/certs/trusted for certificates...
 done.

2025-09-30: zroot - BIOS info

root@kg-f7:~ # kenv smbios.bios.vendor; kenv smbios.bios.version; kenv smbios.bios.revision; kenv smbios.bios.reldate
American Megatrends International, LLC.
M1V305
5.27
06/25/2025

2025-09-29: zroot - pkg - install curl

Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: brotli-1.1.0,1 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: indexinfo-0.3.1_1 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: liblz4-1.10.0,1 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: libnghttp2-1.66.0 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: libssh2-1.11.1,3 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: libunistring-1.3 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: libidn2-2.3.8 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: libpsl-0.21.5_2 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: zstd-1.5.7 installed
Sep 29 21:54:11 kg-f7 pkg[1862]: curl-8.14.1 installed

2029-09-29: zroot - pkg - bootstrap pkg

root@kg-f7:~ # pkg bootstrap -f
The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/quarterly, please wait...
Verifying signature with trusted certificate pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301... done
Installing pkg-2.2.2...
Extracting pkg-2.2.2: 100%

20259-09-29: zroot - pciconf output

root@kg-f7:~ # pciconf -lv
hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:  class=0x060000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x461c subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = HOST-PCI
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x46d4 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = display
    subclass   = VGA
none0@pci0:0:4:0:   class=0x118000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x461d subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Alder Lake Innovation Platform Framework Processor Participant'
    class      = dasp
none1@pci0:0:8:0:   class=0x088000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x467e subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = base peripheral
xhci0@pci0:0:13:0:  class=0x0c0330 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x464e subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
xhci1@pci0:0:20:0:  class=0x0c0330 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54ed subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
none2@pci0:0:20:2:  class=0x050000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54ef subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
iwlwifi0@pci0:0:20:3:   class=0x028000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54f0 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0244
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'CNVi: Wi-Fi'
    class      = network
ig4iic0@pci0:0:21:0:    class=0x0c8000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54e8 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = serial bus
ig4iic1@pci0:0:21:1:    class=0x0c8000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54e9 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = serial bus
none3@pci0:0:22:0:  class=0x078000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54e0 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = simple comms
sdhci_pci0@pci0:0:26:0: class=0x080501 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54c4 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = base peripheral
    subclass   = SD host controller
pcib1@pci0:0:28:0:  class=0x060400 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54b8 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib2@pci0:0:28:1:  class=0x060400 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54b9 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib3@pci0:0:29:0:  class=0x060400 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54b0 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
none4@pci0:0:30:0:  class=0x078000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54a8 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = simple comms
none5@pci0:0:30:3:  class=0x0c8000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54ab subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = serial bus
isab0@pci0:0:31:0:  class=0x060100 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x5481 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-ISA
hdac0@pci0:0:31:3:  class=0x040300 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54c8 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x129e
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = multimedia
    subclass   = HDA
ichsmb0@pci0:0:31:4:    class=0x0c0500 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54a3 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = SMBus
none6@pci0:0:31:5:  class=0x0c8000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x54a4 subvendor=0x0000 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    class      = serial bus
igc0@pci0:1:0:0:    class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Ethernet Controller I226-V'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
igc1@pci0:2:0:0:    class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x125c subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0000
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Ethernet Controller I226-V'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
nvme0@pci0:3:0:0:   class=0x010802 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x15b7 device=0x501a subvendor=0x15b7 subdevice=0x501a
    vendor     = 'Sandisk Corp'
    device     = 'SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less)'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = NVM

2025-09-29: zroot - network wired - the two wired network interfaces are igc(4)

root@kg-f7:~ # ifconfig igc0
igc0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
    options=4e427bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6,NOMAP>
    ether 78:55:36:02:08:99
    inet 10.1.161.35 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 10.1.255.255
    media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
    status: active
    nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
root@kg-f7:~ # ifconfig igc1
igc1: flags=8822<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
    options=4e427bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6,NOMAP>
    ether 78:55:36:02:08:98
    media: Ethernet autoselect
    status: no carrier
    nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

igc0 is on the left (closest to the usb port) when seen from the back. The wireless interface is iwlwifi(4), but I haven't tried it

root@kg-f7:~ # sysctl net.wlan.devices
net.wlan.devices: iwlwifi0

from dmesg

root@kg-f7:~ # dmesg | grep iwl
iwlwifi0: <iwlwifi> mem 0x6001144000-0x6001147fff irq 16 at device 20.3 on pci0
iwlwifi0: Detected crf-id 0x501, cnv-id 0x80400 wfpm id 0x80000030
iwlwifi0: PCI dev 54f0/0244, rev=0x370, rfid=0x10c000
iwlwifi0: could not load firmware image 'iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-83.ucode'
iwlwifi0: File size way too small!
iwlwifi0: could not load firmware image 'iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-82.ucode'
iwlwifi0: File size way too small!
iwlwifi0: successfully loaded firmware image 'iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-81.ucode'
iwlwifi0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
iwlwifi0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.41
iwlwifi0: loaded firmware version 81.31fc9ae6.0 so-a0-hr-b0-81.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
iwlwifi0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX101, REV=0x370
iwlwifi0: WRT: Invalid buffer destination: 0
iwlwifi0: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20
iwlwifi0: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f
iwlwifi0: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90
iwlwifi0: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x10
iwlwifi0: Detected RF HR1 B3, rfid=0x10c000
iwlwifi0: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4
iwlwifi0: base HW address: b8:f7:75:60:d3:21

2025-09-29: zroot - I installed FreeBSD 13.5-release (from a usb stick plugged into the front USB 3.2 port) on the 1TB SN570 ssd:

root@kg-f7:~ # freebsd-version -ku
13.5-RELEASE
13.5-RELEASE

the system drive

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart show -p nvd0
=>        40  1953525088    nvd0  GPT  (932G)
          40      532480  nvd0p1  efi  (260M)
      532520        1024  nvd0p2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
      533544         984          - free -  (492K)
      534528     4194304  nvd0p3  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
     4728832  1948794880  nvd0p4  freebsd-zfs  (929G)
  1953523712        1416          - free -  (708K)

there is an EMMC in there, but I disabled it from the boot menu in the BIOS

root@kg-f7:~ # gpart show -p mmcsd0
=>       34  122142653    mmcsd0  GPT  (58G)
         34       2014            - free -  (1.0M)
       2048     204800  mmcsd0p1  efi  (100M)
     206848      32768  mmcsd0p2  ms-reserved  (16M)
     239616    2097152  mmcsd0p3  ms-recovery  (1.0G)
    2336768  119805919  mmcsd0p4  ms-basic-data  (57G)

zfs - root pool

root@kg-f7:~ # zpool list
NAME    SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  CKPOINT  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP    HEALTH  ALTROOT
zroot   928G  1.05G   927G        -         -     0%     0%  1.00x    ONLINE  -

2025-09-29: I created this page.