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-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/parted.scm8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/parted.scm b/gnu/installer/parted.scm
index 47e0a9e78d..ff5f6afd19 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/parted.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/parted.scm
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ fail. See rereadpt function in wipefs.c of util-linux for an explanation."
(device-sync device)
(device-close device))
+(define (remove-logical-devices)
+ "Remove all active logical devices."
+ (with-null-output-ports
+ (invoke "dmsetup" "remove_all")))
+
(define (non-install-devices)
"Return all the available devices, except the busy one, allegedly the
install device. DEVICE-IS-BUSY? is a parted call, checking if the device is
@@ -1340,6 +1345,9 @@ USER-PARTITIONS, or return nothing."
(define (init-parted)
"Initialize libparted support."
(probe-all-devices!)
+ ;; Remove all logical devices, otherwise "device-is-busy?" will report true
+ ;; on all devices containaing active logical volumes.
+ (remove-logical-devices)
(exception-set-handler (lambda (exception)
EXCEPTION-OPTION-UNHANDLED)))