New OpenSUSE install- issues with encryption and LVM
Hi All, A few weeks backI tried to install the 32bit version of OpenSuse 13.2 on a Toshiba A100 machine. It did not go well. So tonight I have had another crack at an install and I would like to get back to a clean drive, but there are a couple of encrypted LVM partitions which I cannot delete. It only has a 120Gb HDD so I don't want to sacrifice 30Gb for these two partitions. On trying to delete a partition, I get the message "The selected partition is used by volume group "/dev/system" To keep the system in a consistent state, the volume group and its logical volumes will be deleted. Then ... Delete partition /dev.sda1 and volume group ?dev/system now? Then clicking on delete does nothing. Everything remains intact. how do I overcome this, please? Andrew Greig
Andrew Greig writes:
[Can't delete an encrypted volume because it's in use.]
The right way to solve this is probably to tell the dm-crypt layer to stop using it, then delete it. I am usually too lazy to bother with that, so I just delete the partition table, then reboot the installer. e.g. parted /dev/sda mklabel msdos yes or cat /dev/zero >/dev/sda If writing over the start of the disk isn't sufficient, fuck it, just write zeroes over the ENTIRE disk, then come back after lunch and try the install again.
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