petsoi to Linux@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoA Beginner's Guide to LVM in Linux - tchncsdiscuss.tchncs.deexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
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minus-squareDataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·10 months agoJust use Btrfs subvolumes.
minus-squareumami_wasabi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoBtrfs subvol isn’t suited for all cases. For example I can’t do LUKS on top of Btrfs because its a filesystem, not block storage.
minus-squareDataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoYou can’t do LUKS on LVM either, right? Only LVM on LUKS, just like Btrfs on LUKS.
minus-squareumami_wasabi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoYou can. In fact I’m planning the setup for my laptop which uses this as part of the design. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LUKS_on_LVM
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI’ve been using it for a while. It allows for easier redundancy without mucking about with the encrypted volume.
Just use Btrfs subvolumes.
Btrfs subvol isn’t suited for all cases. For example I can’t do LUKS on top of Btrfs because its a filesystem, not block storage.
You can’t do LUKS on LVM either, right? Only LVM on LUKS, just like Btrfs on LUKS.
You can. In fact I’m planning the setup for my laptop which uses this as part of the design.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LUKS_on_LVM
The more you know.
I’ve been using it for a while. It allows for easier redundancy without mucking about with the encrypted volume.
Sure you can.