(how to) install antiX 17 in LVM

[Member wean_irdeh]

The official antiX installer doesn’t support LVM yet, but no problem! This article got you covered on install antiX on LVM!
But sorry, since this is not official method, I won’t be responsible for any damage you have caused
assumption: a. you already know how to partition, b. you are using antiX 17 full version

1. install LVM

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lvm2

2. partition your LVM using gparted

gparted can be found from menu on right click -> system tools
don’t forget to add LVM flags after creating the partition
At least 6GB for partition size is recommended

3. create physical volume

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdXY
where X is letter of your disk and Y is number of your partition
example: /dev/sda1

4. create volume group

sudo vgcreate vg0 /dev/sdXY

5. create logical volume, for root partition and swap

sudo lvcreate -n /dev/mapper/vg0-antix.rootfs -L 5G vg0
sudo lvcreate -n /dev/mapper/vg0-swap -L 1G vg0

6. activate the new logical volume

vgchange -ay

7. format the new logical volume and activate swap

sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg0-antix.rootfs
sudo mkswap /dev/mapper/vg0-swap

8. mount the partition for installation

mkdir /mnt/antiX
sudo mount /dev/mapper/vg0-antix.rootfs /mnt/antiX

9. create some directories

sudo mkdir /mnt/antiX/opt -m 0755
sudo mkdir /mnt/antiX/dev -m 0755
sudo mkdir /mnt/antiX/proc -m 0755
sudo mkdir /mnt/antiX/sys -m 0755
sudo mkdir /mnt/antiX/run -m 0755

10. copy files

sudo /bin/cp -a /live/aufs/bin /live/aufs/boot /live/aufs/dev /live/aufs/etc /live/aufs/lib /live/aufs/lib64 /live/aufs/media /live/aufs/mnt /live/aufs/opt /live/aufs/root /live/aufs/sbin /live/aufs/selinux /live/aufs/usr /live/aufs/var /live/aufs/home /mnt/antiX

11. mount for chroot

sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/antiX/dev
sudo mount -o bind /sys /mnt/antiX/sys
sudo mount -o bind /proc /mnt/antiX/proc

12. for UEFI installation: mount EFI system partition

mkdir /mnt/antiX/boot/efi
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdXY /mnt/antiX/boot/efi

where X: letter of your disk, and Y: number of your EFI system partition
you can check gparted to see your EFI system partition, usually it’s /dev/sda1

13. chroot into your new installation

sudo chroot /mnt/antiX

14. install grub

grub-mkdevicemap

on BIOS system: grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --no-floppy --force --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sdX
where X: letter of your disk

on UEFI system grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=antiX16 --recheck

15. update grub so configfile will be generated

update-grub

16. Voila! installation finished, now reboot your system to start using antiX from LVM!!

thanks skidoo for your help on LVM and thanks anticapitalista for the source code of gui installer found on github

[Forum Admin Dave]

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Note:
I did not read the entire post at this moment

Question:
Was it not possible to setup lvm partitioning and then specify the lvm partition in the cli-installer?

I know the current gui installer would be limited for this but I would guess that the cli-installer was still general enough to do the install.

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[Member wean_irdeh]

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@Dave

No.

See this post for more details: https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/cant-install/#post-3412

[Member sleekmason]

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Just saw this thread. I have no idea why my kernel list is posted here. I did not do this. Please remove from wean_irdeh ‘s thread.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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sleekmason wrote:

Just saw this thread. I have no idea why my kernel list is posted here. I did not do this. Please remove from wean_irdeh ‘s thread.

I removed the misplaced post – looks like the same message moved to a separate topic.

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