how to get rid of stale pool? [was (incorrect) stale zpool: how to rename?]

[jhell]

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On 12/10/2010 10:35, Freddie Cash wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck at rinet.ru> wrote:
>> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>> JC> > how can I clear stale traces of old pool?
> 
> zero out the first and last MB of the disk.
> 
> ZFS stores the GPT and other pool metadata in those two locations.
> It's nowhere near a MB in size, but if you clear out the first and
> last MB, you're guaranteed to clear out all traces of ZFS metadata.
> 

To add to this as well you might try removing your cache file
'/boot/zfs/zpool.cache' after exporting your existing currently working
pool.

PS: If this file exists after exporting your pool then it holds corrupt
information.

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 jhell,v
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