Stopping packages from updating on FreeBSD

Recently I encountered a package issue in Bacula-server package on FreeBSD 10. The package from pkg system was compiled to use Postgresql while I still use mysqld (I know, I know, I should migrate to pgsql or at least MariaDB). Of course I can recompile it with the necessary flags …

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FreeBSD on ZFS

This is just a work in progress that I am working on, but if anyone is doing this - please make sure to use the 64-bit DVD iso of FreeBSD.  I have had some issues with 32-bit DVD where the install would just totally bomb with a kernel panic in Virtual …

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