documentation/docs/void-desktop-setup/Provisioning-with-LVM.md

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2023-08-16 22:09:10 +02:00
First off the drive should be partitioned, possibly with fdisk. It should have atleast two partitions with one `EFI System` Partition and one `Linux filesystem` partition.
It should look something like this:
| Number of partition | Size | Type |
|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|
| 1 | 1 to 2 GB or more | EFI System |
| 2 | Rest of the drive | Linux filesystem |
Then to create the filesystem of the efi partition.
```
# mkfs.fat -F 32 -n efi /dev/<disk1>
```
And the encrypted filesystem of the root partition.
```
# cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/<disk2> --type luks2 --label luks
# cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/<disk2> lv0
```
Now to create a new LVM volume group:
```
# vgcreate lv0 /dev/mapper/lv0
```
To create partitions inside the volume group:
```
# lvcreate --name root -L 64G lv0
# lvcreate --name home -l 100%FREE lv0
```
To create the filesystems on the logical partitions:
```
# mkfs.ext4 -L root /dev/mapper/lv0-root
# mkfs.ext4 -L home /dev/mapper/lv0-home
```
2023-08-16 22:27:52 +02:00
Other filesystems can also be used but `ext4` is the standard for most linux distrobutions. Other sizes for the partitions can also be used depending on the needs of the user.