2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index ecd57e6cb..fa61be29b 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- /dev/<vg> may not exist if LVs have not been created, it must not be an error (#31478)
 - use xkb instead of xmodmap 
   (this fixes XF86_Switch_VT_X not defined in our xmodmaps)
 - save bootloader on MBR when calling grub/install.sh, and restore it before
diff --git a/perl-install/install/install2.pm b/perl-install/install/install2.pm
index 0641761be..6b5d3452d 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/install2.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/install2.pm
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ sub formatPartitions {
     #- needed by lilo
     if (-d '/dev/mapper' && !$::local_install) {
 	my @vgs = map { $_->{VG_name} } @{$o->{all_hds}{lvms}};
-	cp_af("/dev/$_", "$::prefix/dev") foreach 'mapper', @vgs;
+	-e "/dev/$_" and cp_af("/dev/$_", "$::prefix/dev") foreach 'mapper', @vgs;
     }
 }