#!/bin/bash # Wipes the ZFS labels off of a disk # The metadata of zfs is stored in the first and last two 256kB of each disk involved in zfs. DISK=$1 if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then echo "Usage: $0 " exit 1 fi # List the labels echo "-> About to clear these labels off of this disk: $DISK" lsblk --output NAME,FSTYPE,MODEL,LABEL,PTTYPE,SIZE -e 7 "$DISK" echo "-> Are you sure you want to continue? (y/n)" read input && if [ "$input" != "y" ]; then exit 1; fi # Wipe all partitions sudo sgdisk -Z "$DISK" # Wipe the metadata off the front of the disk sudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$DISK" count=1 bs=512k # Wipe the metadata off the back of the disk sudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$DISK" seek=$(( $(blockdev --getsz "$DISK") - ( ( 256 * 1024 * 2) / $(blockdev --getpbsz "$DISK") ) )) # List the labels echo "-> Labels now on the disk" lsblk --output NAME,FSTYPE,MODEL,LABEL,PTTYPE,SIZE -e 7 "$DISK"