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FreeBSD 15.1-BETA1 Now Available
posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 03, 2026
The first beta build of the 15.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available.
Installation images are available for:
o 15.1-BETA1 amd64 GENERIC
o 15.1-BETA1 powerpc64 GENERIC64
o 15.1-BETA1 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE
o 15.1-BETA1 armv7 GENERICSD
o 15.1-BETA1 aarch64 GENERIC
o 15.1-BETA1 aarch64 RPI
o 15.1-BETA1 aarch64 PINE64
o 15.1-BETA1 aarch64 PINE64-LTS
o 15.1-BETA1 aarch64 PINEBOOK
o 15.1-BETA1 aarch64 ROCK64
o 15.1-BETA1 aarch64 ROCKPRO64
o 15.1-BETA1 riscv64 GENERIC
o 15.1-BETA1 riscv64 GENERICSD
Note regarding arm SD card images: For convenience for those without
console access to the system, a freebsd user with a password of
freebsd is available by default for ssh(1) access. Additionally,
the root user password is set to root. It is strongly recommended
to change the password for both users after gaining access to the
system.
Installer images and memory stick images are available here:
https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/15.1/
The image checksums follow at the end of this e-mail.
If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR
system or on the -stable mailing list.
If you would like to use Git to do a source based update of an existing
system, use the "releng/15.1" branch.
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