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diff --git a/input/howto/decomission.mdwn b/input/howto/decomission.mdwn
index 3d91911..7725c31 100644
--- a/input/howto/decomission.mdwn
+++ b/input/howto/decomission.mdwn
@@ -32,19 +32,16 @@
    * run multipath -ll on the KVM host and find all disks on that multipath
 
 ```
-    dm=$(sudo multipath -ll | grep "finzi-srv " | awk '{print $3}')
-    cd /sys/devices/virtual/block/$dm/slaves &&
-    for device in $(ls -1); do echo 1 > "/sys/block/$device/device/delete"; done
-    multipath -f finzi-srv
-
+echo -n "multipath device to remove: " &&
+export LC_ALL=C &&
+read $path &&
+dm=$(sudo multipath -ll | grep "$path " | awk '{print $3}') &&
+cd /sys/devices/virtual/block/$dm/slaves &&
+devices=$(ls -1) &&
+blockdev --flushbufs /dev/$dm &&
+multipath -f $path &&
+for device in $(echo $devices); do blockdev --flushbufs /dev/$device; echo 1 > "/sys/block/$device/device/delete"; done
 ```
-   * for each disk in those multipath run
-
-     echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/delete
-
-   * once done, remove that multpath-device from multipath
-
-     multipath -f finzi-srv
 
    * remove the paths in the MSA