On 2014-04-02 16:49, Dylan wrote:
On 02/04/14 15:17, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Isn't the whole point of LVM that you can add space to it dynamically... surely, if you set up an LV on the whole SSD for root then subsequently add the HDD to it, it will be part of the same encrypted LV and you can add a /home partition and ones to move /var /swap etc to?
AFAIK, it works in layers. The first layer, it is the encrypted space. On top of that, you set up the LVM. You can increase the LVM, yes, but you can not spread the encrypted space on two disks. If it is a partition, you can resize it, but not join two partitions on two disks. The LVM is not on top of the hardware in this case, it is over another software layer. I know little of LVM, but I understand that you could join the two encrypted spaces into a single LVM, yes. But what for? You'd get the prompt for two passwords, for two different encrypted spaces... That's the problem. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)