Hey folks,
I just installed Zorin OS Pro like last week and I loved it on Day 1. I was very surprised that it installed (based on what I picked), an LVM so well right off the bat. I have 2 SSDs and I always have to make sure to choose LVM to combine both drives to make a bigger drive logically after I install a new OS.
By inspecting the pvdisplay, vgdisplay, and lvdisplay I found out that I have 2 PVs, 1 VG, but 2 LVs! I thought the whole point of the LV is to combine multiple PVs into one single LV...no? Can someone explain why I may want to keep things this way with 2 LVs?
satoshi@satoshi:~$ sudo lvdisplay WARNING: Couldn't find device with uuid T0Fk23-KVMp-YcID-lArQ-QlZP-wahG-VpSSyj. WARNING: VG data is missing PV T0Fk23-KVMp-YcID-lArQ-QlZP-wahG-VpSSyj (last written to /dev/mapper/cryptdata). --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/data/root LV Name root VG Name data LV UUID 65b97d-N5ds-kyxr-JPdo-rYY3-ecQL-UoLdL1 LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time pop-os, 2024-05-17 23:35:34 -0400 LV Status NOT available LV Size <229.43 GiB Current LE 58733 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/vgzorin/root LV Name root VG Name vgzorin LV UUID 4blR9R-eGLC-NovJ-3nI8-oaRw-RwFS-ThcVZM LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time zorin, 2025-04-12 14:52:30 -0400 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 115.14 GiB Current LE 29477 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/vgzorin/swap_1 LV Name swap_1 VG Name vgzorin LV UUID CVVogs-9mel-gpbj-YMeL-Qvyo-jkYB-W0lKr4 LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time zorin, 2025-04-12 14:52:30 -0400 LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 1.91 GiB Current LE 489 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:2 satoshi@satoshi:~$ satoshi@satoshi:~$ satoshi@satoshi:~$