replace disk does not create EFI partitions

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replace disk does not create EFI partitions

photonclock opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

If I replace a disk with a new unpartitioned disk, the new disk does not get the EFI partitions created as part of the replace operation.

I wrote up the behavior in detail here:
https://openzfsonosx.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3306

Bradley Sepos · Answer 1 · Wed Feb 19 2020 20:18:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I recently encountered this issue replacing a disk. Note also that without the proper partitioning, whole_disk will be set to 0 (zero). A workaround is to install the replacement disk, create a dummy pool on the disk, destroy the dummy pool, and then trigger the replace.