diskutil eraseDisk apfs Clone gpt disk2 ; diskutil list externalpc10:~ ericthiebaut$ diskutil eraseDisk apfs Clone gpt disk2 ; diskutil list external
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk2s2 as APFS with name Clone
Mounting disk
Finished erase on disk2
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         119.8 GB   disk2s2
/dev/disk3 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +119.8 GB   disk3
                                 Physical Store disk2s2
   1:                APFS Volume Clone                   798.7 KB   disk3s1
pc10:~ ericthiebaut$diskutil listpc10:~ ericthiebaut$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         121.1 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.1 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            113.8 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 46.3 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         119.8 GB   disk2s2
/dev/disk3 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +119.8 GB   disk3
                                 Physical Store disk2s2
   1:                APFS Volume Clone                   57.4 GB    disk3s1
   2:                APFS Volume PreBoot                 43.8 MB    disk3s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.6 MB   disk3s3
pc10:~ ericthiebaut$diskutil listpc10:~ ericthiebaut$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         121.1 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.1 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            113.8 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 46.3 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         119.8 GB   disk2s2
/dev/disk3 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +119.8 GB   disk3
                                 Physical Store disk2s2
   1:                APFS Volume Clone                   57.6 GB    disk3s1
   2:                APFS Volume PreBoot                 46.3 MB    disk3s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.6 MB   disk3s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk3s4
pc10:~ ericthiebaut$diskutil eraseDisk apfs "Macintosh HD" gpt disk0 ; diskutil list internalpc10:~ ericthiebaut$ diskutil eraseDisk apfs "Macintosh HD" gpt disk0 ; diskutil list internal
Started erase on disk0
Unmounting disk
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         121.1 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.1 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            113.8 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 46.3 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
pc10:~ ericthiebaut$diskutil ap deleteContainer disk1 "Macintosh HD"pc10:~ ericthiebaut$ diskutil ap deleteContainer disk1 "Macintosh HD"
Started APFS operation on disk1
Deleting APFS Container with all of its APFS Volumes
Unmounting Volumes
Unmounting Volume "Macintosh HD" on disk1s1
The volume "Macintosh HD" on disk1s1 couldn't be unmounted because it is in use by process 0 (kernel)
Error: -69888: Couldn't unmount disk
pc10:~ ericthiebaut$diskutil info /diskutil eraseDisk apfs "Macintosh HD" gpt disk0 ; diskutil list internaldiskutil eraseDisk apfs "Macintosh HD" gpt disk0 ; diskutil list internaldiskutil ap deleteContainer disk1 "Macintosh HD" avec là encore sensiblement le même résultat que la première foisdiskutil umountDisk force disk0 
	