I would suggest only using LVM if you plan to actually take advantage of its features. there is no benefit to just having an LVM volume in the same capacity as you would have a traditional partition. and a significant disadvantage if things go wrong in the future.
-wes On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM Mark Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > In terms of a major reinstall, should I use LVM or not? What is the current > thinking? My existing 2 drive system uses LVM, but I have never used it. > > Thanks > > Mark > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 9:37 AM mo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've always had this problem when my WM or DE didn't update properly or > > update was buggy. Only resolution was switching WM or DE or waiting on > big > > fix update. > > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 15:35 Mark Phillips <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I am running Ubuntu 20.04 on my Oryx Pro laptop. I performed a normal > > > update/upgrade and after a reboot, a white screen appeared with a sad > > > monitor graphic and "Oh no, something went wrong!" message. > > > > > > I have 2 drives, one for the OS and one for /home/mark in the machine > > (sym > > > link to OS drive). I created a writable Ubuntu 24.04 Live USB stick > and I > > > can boot the machine and access both drives. What diagnostics should I > > run > > > to diagnose the problem? Especially to determine if I need a new OS > > drive. > > > > > > Or, should I just install Ubuntu 24.04 on the OS drive? The downside is > > the > > > time needed installing all my apps and removing/reinstalling the > > /home/mark > > > drive (so I don't mess that up!). > > > > > > System76 tech support was next to worthless. Waited 6 days for "We are > > very > > > busy so just reinstall the OS". > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > >
