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HowTo: Set up Ubuntu Desktop with LVM Partitions

This tutorial will help anyone who wishes to set up their desktop using logical volumes on a fresh install of Ubuntu Desktop only. You can use the Ubuntu Alternate image to complete this as well but you will need to set it up in a TUI (Text based-User-Interface). This tutorial will be using a Ubuntu Live CD to complete the LVM setup.

What is LVM?

LVM stands for Logical Volume Manager (or Logical Volume Management). Instead of using all physical volumes for your system (hard to change, static), take one (or many) disk(s) and have that drive logically divided for expandability, better monitoring and all around better disk management on your computer. If you wish to learn more, please refer to the links below:

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/009jul05/features/lvm2/

http://sourceware.org/lvm2/

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Preparation

Order to Operations

  1. How to burn an ISO
  2. Start up Ubuntu Live
  3. Install lvm2
  4. Set up hard drive partitions
  5. pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate, mkfs
  6. Ubuntu Installation
  7. Install lvm2 onto your new Ubuntu Install

How to burn an ISO

Start up Ubuntu Live

Install lvm2

Set up hard drive partitions

pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate, mkfs

NOTE - Please use any of the above commands if you want to make a seperate LV for tmp, var, etc...

Ubuntu Installation

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Install lvm2 onto your new Ubuntu Install

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References

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/009jul05/features/lvm2/

http://sourceware.org/lvm2/

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...n/FromUSBStick

http://www.cyberwalker.com/article/28

http://man.he.net/man8/initramfs-tools

Originally posted The Ubuntu Forums (ubuntuforums.org)

-- bryanfleming 2012-06-13 19:13:28

UbuntuDesktopLVM (last edited 2014-06-11 18:40:27 by emeraldcity)