[ale] to lvm or not lvm is my dillema

[jc.lightner at comcast.net]

Even if you have no current plan to change disk spaces you might find that changes at some point in the future.  With LVM you can put your original space as a single PV in a VG.  If you later need more space you can add another disk as a new PV into the same VG.   Since the LVs are subdivisions of the VG rather than the PV you can quickly around space limitations without having to redo your original layouts.

LVM isn’t really that hard to do so it is only unfamiliarity of its flexibility that makes partitioning seem “simple”.

However, each to his own.

 

 

From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Mark Ulmer via Ale
Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2026 5:43 PM
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Cc: Mark Ulmer <mark at markulmer.com>
Subject: Re: [ale] to lvm or not lvm is my dillema

 

The LVM replies are all great. 

 

For my desk/laptop, I don’t tinker with the partitions, I just want it stable and simple. I do a single part and format ext4. If I was doing server, or had much bigger 1tb then I might tinker around more. 

 

Done lvm, yet for some purposes I go simple. 

 

 

---- On Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:44:05 -0500 Narahari Lakshminarayana via Ale <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org> > wrote ----

 

Friends:

I am installing DEBIAN on my ASUS motherboard based desktop.

I am at the stage where it is asking me to partition the disks.

NVMe-1 blank 256GB

NVMe-2 Window 11 exists from broken laptop 256GB

 

Does it make sense to install LVM ?

What does it get me ?

-N

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