Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:40:24 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: zpool labelclear destroys GPT data Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSdrS2QYKe8-w31dnxYRriYbhYjj_dwOjhXtTvSsh8Cisw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51B9BB14.6020103@gmail.com> References: <51B9BB14.6020103@gmail.com>
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The 'device' can be a partition as well as the whole disk, use 'zpool labelclear' on the freebsd-zfs partition instead of the whole disk. -Kimmo On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> wrote: > When i use zpool labelclear, it wipes the whole disk including gpt data. > So the whole disk is empty and i need to create the gpt partitions again. > > Is this supposed to work like this? > The man page suggests that it only wipes the ZFS metadata. > > zpool labelclear [-f] device > > Removes ZFS label information from the specified device. The device > must not be part of an active pool configuration. > > -v Treat exported or foreign devices as inactive. > > This is on FreeBSD 9.1 stable r251213 memstick install. > > regards > > Johan Hendriks > Neuteboom Automatisering > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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