Re: to lvm or not lvm is my dillema

I was working with LVM around 2005-sh with Debian 3.1 but that wad the easy
way to expand your storage with simply adding hard drives.

For laptop use perhaps is easier to go with partitions.

Only opinion.

On Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 17:43 Mark Ulmer via Ale <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> <[email protected] <[email protected]>>* 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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