====== Mounting OS Disk tips ====== The OS partitioning I like to have on my devices is similar to this: block_device |- EFI |- /boot |- LUKS encrypted partition |- LVM PV |- [lvm lv] / |- [lvm lv] swap |- [lvm lv] /home ===== Manually Mounting ===== A quick reminder on how to manually mount such a layout, i.e. on a live CD: cryptsetup open /dev/nvme0n1p3 os pvscan lvscan mkdir -p /sysroot mount /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-root /sysroot mount /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-home /sysroot/home mount /dev/nvmep0n1p2 /boot mount /dev/nvmep0n1p1 /boot/EFI ===== Syncing data while keeping all permissions ===== rsync -avHAXW --numeric-ids --rsync-path='sudo rsync' /sysroot/ user@target_host@target_path