@@ -99,8 +99,15 @@ function _create_lvm_volume_group {

     if ! sudo vgs $vg; then

         # Only create if the file doesn't already exists

         [[ -f $backing_file ]] || truncate -s $size $backing_file

+

+        local directio=""

+        # Check to see if we can do direct-io

+        if losetup -h | grep -q direct-io; then

+            directio="--direct-io=on"

+        fi

+

         local vg_dev

-        vg_dev=`sudo losetup -f --show $backing_file`

+        vg_dev=$(sudo losetup -f --show $directio $backing_file)

         # Only create volume group if it doesn't already exist

         if ! sudo vgs $vg; then