<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">I've been doing md+luks+lvm for a long time, and really find no complaints moving from spinners, to sata ssd, to nvme m.2. SSD leveling seems less an issue in modern samsung and others that auto-level, otherwise I'd love them one a year, at best, but not so much lately with 950+ gen samsung m2's. My laptop is a single toshiba m2 1tb and is doing great with out active trim features enabled.<br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">Here's my basic setups for systems, using both a laptop and my desktop, both with m2 disks, but laptop with factory windoze, and desktop native linux with all efi disabled. This is no different than my sata spinners/ssd, just replace nvme0n*p* with sd*.<br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">Laptop (xps15 9560) retains the factory windoze partition as well as a hidden dell restore partitions (3-4), next boot, luks spv0, and rest pv/vg/lvm for ubuntu, but mapping /boot/EFI still for upgrades:</span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"> host# lsblk
<br>NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
<br>nvme0n1 259:0 0 953.9G 0 disk <br>├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 499M 0 part /boot/efi
<br>├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 128M 0 part <br>├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 131.5G 0 part <br>├─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 834M 0 part <br>├─nvme0n1p5 259:5 0 499M 0 part /boot
<br>├─nvme0n1p6 259:6 0 808.1G 0 part <br>│ └─spv0 253:0 0 808.1G 0 spv0 <br>│ ├─host--vg0-root0 253:1 0 17G 0 lvm /
<br>│ ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host</span></span></span>--vg0-swap0 253:2 0 4G 0 lvm [SWAP]
<br>│ ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host</span></span></span>--vg0-var0 253:3 0 6G 0 lvm /var
<br>│ ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host</span></span></span>--vg0-varlog0 253:4 0 3G 0 lvm /var/log
<br>│ ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host</span></span></span>--vg0-home0 253:5 0 90G 0 lvm /home
<br>└─nvme0n1p7 259:7 0 12G 0 part <br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">Vs. my dual-nvme disk desktop system like setup under arch I use normally, legacy boot without efi wonkyness:</span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host# lsblk<br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">nvme0n1 259:0 0 477G 0 disk <br>├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 1G 0 part <br>│ └─md0 9:0 0 1023M 0 raid1 /boot<br>└─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 476G 0 part <br> └─md1 9:1 0 475.8G 0 raid1 <br> └─spv0 253:0 0 475.8G 0 crypt <br> ├─host--vg0-swap0 253:1 0 2G 0 lvm <br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-root0 253:2 0 22G 0 lvm /<br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-var0 253:3 0 10G 0 lvm /var<br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-varlog0 253:4 0 3G 0 lvm /var/log<br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-home0 253:5 0 80G 0 lvm /home<br>nvme1n1 259:3 0 477G 0 disk <br>├─nvme1n1p1 259:4 0 1G 0 part <br>│ └─md0 9:0 0 1023M 0 raid1 /boot<br>└─nvme1n1p2 259:5 0 476G 0 part <br> └─md1 9:1 0 475.8G 0 raid1 <br> └─spv0 253:0 0 475.8G 0 crypt <br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-swap0 253:1 0 2G 0 lvm <br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-root0 253:2 0 22G 0 lvm /<br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-var0 253:3 0 10G 0 lvm /var<br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-varlog0 253:4 0 3G 0 lvm /var/log<br> ├─<span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">host--vg0</span></span></span>-home0 253:5 0 80G 0 lvm /home\</span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">Desktop hardware is a precision 7910 desktop with 2x pcie 8x to dual m2 slot drives, with currently 2x samsung 950 pro 512gb's in it.<br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">Both are working well, and haven't seem to throw any smart alerts to die in about 2 years now on each.<br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr">New samsung m.2 970 evo's are out now, as are pro's probably shortly too - I'd buy em if refreshing. I've filled up my 512's in raid0, almost lust my laptop's 1tb, but otherwise added some odd/old 256/512gb ssd's for my kvm vm's to run on for bulk pig windoze server instances and fortinet/other appliances.<br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-tL8wMe gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-:p5.co" class="gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-tL8wMe gmail-m_6507226965376564800gmail-EMoHub" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"></span>-mb<br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 4:14 PM Mark Phillips <<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Do you recommend installing Ubuntu 18.04 on an lvm (ie selecting that option when installing) in a dual boot with Windows 10 scenario? <div><br></div><div>My thought is if the Ubuntu setup works well on my Surface Pro 4, is stable, etc. then I would use the lvm to nuke the Windows partition and Windows recovery partition and absorb them into the Ubuntu partition. </div><div><br></div><div>Will that work?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div></div>
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