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Arch Linux’s Text-Mode Installer Gets Experimental LVM Support

Posted by Marius Nestor on Jun 26, 2024,

updated Jun 27, 2024

Archinstall 2.8.1 is the first release of Arch Linux’s installer to offer LVM support, which will be available when choosing a default partitioning layout. While you can now install Arch Linux with a LVM partition layout, the devs note that LVM support is considered experimental at this stage.

Archinstall 2.8.1 also introduces a Finnish translation, adds a few more applications to the Hyprland desktop profile, renames the “Kde” profile to “KDE Plasma” / “Plasma”, changes the default root partition size from 20GB up to 50GB maximum, sets root partition type as GUID, and uses VCS as pyparted version lock.

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Arch Linux Guided Installer v2.8.1 Release Tests LVM Support!

Arch Linux is a popular Linux distribution that I am sure needs no introduction. Many users flock to it thanks to its no-nonsense approach towards being a distro, and of course, the privilege to say “I use Arch, btw” everywhere they go.

Like other distros, it too features some foundational components that make it such a great package, one such component has received a major update.

Months after the previous release, Arch Install 2.8.1 has arrived with a long-awaited feature that many had requested over the years.

Allow me to walk you through it.