Tag Archives: LVM

Notes from migrating Linux to a new hard drive

Migrating a Linux install to a new drive can be easy (Clonezilla) or hard. I chose hard. It was a learning experience.

Interesting journey: converting my last home computer from Ubuntu to Debian

This was a satisfying exercise with the right amount of complexity to make it just enough of a challenge to be interesting without being frustrating.

HOWTO: Converting an unencrypted Ubuntu root disk to encrypted

The best way to configure Ubuntu for an encrypted root filesystem is to tell the installer to do it when you’re installing the operating system. It’s complicated, and smart people have put a lot of effort into making the installer know how to do it properly. Having said that, if you’re an experienced Linux sysadmin… Read More »