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minus-squareDataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·8 months agoJust use Btrfs subvolumes.
minus-squareumami_wasabi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoBtrfs subvol isn’t suited for all cases. For example I can’t do LUKS on top of Btrfs because its a filesystem, not block storage.
minus-squareDataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoYou can’t do LUKS on LVM either, right? Only LVM on LUKS, just like Btrfs on LUKS.
minus-squareumami_wasabi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoYou can. In fact I’m planning the setup for my laptop which uses this as part of the design. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LUKS_on_LVM
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI’ve been using it for a while. It allows for easier redundancy without mucking about with the encrypted volume.
Just use Btrfs subvolumes.
Btrfs subvol isn’t suited for all cases. For example I can’t do LUKS on top of Btrfs because its a filesystem, not block storage.
You can’t do LUKS on LVM either, right? Only LVM on LUKS, just like Btrfs on LUKS.
Sure you can.
You can. In fact I’m planning the setup for my laptop which uses this as part of the design.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LUKS_on_LVM
The more you know.
I’ve been using it for a while. It allows for easier redundancy without mucking about with the encrypted volume.