[arch-general] Installation: How to get HDD > LUKS > GPT working in a clean way

[Merlin Büge]

Hi Yaro,


thanks for your answer!


> I'd set up two partitions: Your EFI system partition and the LUKS 
> container. Then inside LUKS, format the whole thing as LVM and then set 
> up from there, rather than make the LUKS container another GPT "disk." 
> Then you just use the crypt and lvm2 hooks.

I have no EFI system partition because I don't need one.


> You should only really use partition tables on a physical disk, in my 
> opinion, not a LUKS container.
> 
> The reason for this is that LVM works with a lot more flexibility and is 
> more readily automated than trying to get the system to re-read 
> partition tables.

Hm. I can see your points. But I don't need the flexibility LVM provides,
I have enough flexibility through Btrfs.
And yeah, it's readily automated, and that's indeed practical for many
people. Personally, I'd rather modify the start-up process a tiny bit
so that GPT inside LUKS gets parsed. I just try to strip off unnecessary
'overhead' / layers of my system.


> If you were on a system where you could add disks [...]

Since it's on my laptop, I don't need that functionality :)


Best Regards,

Merlin


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Merlin Büge <toni at bluenox07.de>