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-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/parted.scm34
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/parted.scm b/gnu/installer/parted.scm
index 82375d29e3..51fa7cf9d9 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/parted.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/parted.scm
@@ -379,12 +379,44 @@ fail. See rereadpt function in wipefs.c of util-linux for an explanation."
(define %min-device-size
(* 2 GIBIBYTE-SIZE)) ;2GiB
+(define (mapped-device? device)
+ "Return #true if DEVICE is a mapped device, false otherwise."
+ (string-prefix? "/dev/dm-" device))
+
+;; TODO: Use DM_TABLE_DEPS ioctl instead of dmsetup.
+(define (mapped-device-parent-partition device)
+ "Return the parent partition path of the mapped DEVICE."
+ (let* ((command `("dmsetup" "deps" ,device "-o" "devname"))
+ (parent #f)
+ (handler
+ (lambda (input)
+ ;; We are parsing an output that should look like:
+ ;; 1 dependencies : (sda2)
+ (let ((result
+ (string-match "\\(([^\\)]+)\\)"
+ (get-string-all input))))
+ (and result
+ (set! parent
+ (format #f "/dev/~a"
+ (match:substring result 1))))))))
+ (run-external-command-with-handler handler command)
+ parent))
+
(define (eligible-devices)
"Return all the available devices except the install device and the devices
which are smaller than %MIN-DEVICE-SIZE."
(define the-installer-root-partition-path
- (installer-root-partition-path))
+ (let ((root (installer-root-partition-path)))
+ (cond
+ ((mapped-device? root)
+ ;; If the partition is a mapped device (/dev/dm-X), locate the parent
+ ;; partition. It is the case when Ventoy is used to host the
+ ;; installation image.
+ (let ((parent (mapped-device-parent-partition root)))
+ (installer-log-line "mapped device ~a -> ~a" parent root)
+ parent))
+ (else root))))
(define (small-device? device)
(let ((length (device-length device))