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diff --git a/gnu/installer/parted.scm b/gnu/installer/parted.scm
index 6c805cc053..ff5f6afd19 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/parted.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/parted.scm
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ inferior to MAX-SIZE, #f otherwise."
((btrfs) "btrfs")
((fat16) "fat16")
((fat32) "fat32")
- ((jfs) "jfs")
+ ((jfs) "jfs")
+ ((ntfs) "ntfs")
((swap) "linux-swap")))
(define (user-fs-type->mount-type fs-type)
@@ -232,7 +233,8 @@ inferior to MAX-SIZE, #f otherwise."
((btrfs) "btrfs")
((fat16) "fat")
((fat32) "vfat")
- ((jfs) "jfs")))
+ ((jfs) "jfs")
+ ((ntfs) "ntfs")))
(define (partition-filesystem-user-type partition)
"Return the filesystem type of PARTITION, to be stored in the FS-TYPE field
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ of <user-partition> record."
((string=? name "fat16") 'fat16)
((string=? name "fat32") 'fat32)
((string=? name "jfs") 'jfs)
+ ((string=? name "ntfs") 'ntfs)
((or (string=? name "swsusp")
(string=? name "linux-swap(v0)")
(string=? name "linux-swap(v1)"))
@@ -327,6 +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
@@ -1040,6 +1048,11 @@ bit bucket."
(with-null-output-ports
(invoke "jfs_mkfs" "-f" partition)))
+(define (create-ntfs-file-system partition)
+ "Create a JFS file-system for PARTITION file-name."
+ (with-null-output-ports
+ (invoke "mkfs.ntfs" "-F" "-f" partition)))
+
(define (create-swap-partition partition)
"Set up swap area on PARTITION file-name."
(with-null-output-ports
@@ -1117,6 +1130,10 @@ NEED-FORMATING? field set to #t."
(and need-formatting?
(not (eq? type 'extended))
(create-jfs-file-system file-name)))
+ ((ntfs)
+ (and need-formatting?
+ (not (eq? type 'extended))
+ (create-ntfs-file-system file-name)))
((swap)
(create-swap-partition file-name))
(else
@@ -1328,6 +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)))