Hi Folks,

If anyone has interest in testing the latest verisons of lvm2 & device-mapper for Obarun, I've set up a fork at https://git.obarun.org/nfg/lvm2. If you're uncomfortable building packages, I've also uploaded locally built packages at https://git.obarun.org/nfg/nfg-builds

Please only test these updates if you have a sure-fire means of rolling back your system or booting to a live USB and downgrading the packages should something go wrong. I've been running this version for a month now on an 11th-gen intel laptop without issue.

Some notes;
- the lvmetad flag that was used in building previous versions of lvm2 is now fully deprecated, so I'd be interested to know if the update presents any issues for users that commented in this thread

- if the update balks, you may need to move 69-dm-lvm.rules out of /usr/lib/initcpio/udev and then try again

- I've restored some previous functionality, so you should no longer need to include 'dmsetup' and 'lvm' in the BINARIES section of your mkinitcpio.conf, an issue raised most recently here

- The 'lvm2' hook file in /usr/lib/initcpio/hooks should be removed, but 'lvm2' should remain in the HOOKS section of your mkinitcpio.conf

With the same caveat as above, I've set up for testing a fork of grub at https://git.obarun.org/nfg/grub. And again, if you're uncomfortable building packages, there is a pre-built version of the latest grub at https://git.obarun.org/nfg/nfg-builds. Since I don't use grub myself, I have not been able to test the build locally.

If there are no negative responses and a few positive ones, we can get these updates merged into obcore soon.

Thanks, nfg
many many many thanks for your commitment
10 days later
Hi Folks,

I've pushed updates to obcore for lvm2/device-mapper & grub. If you have any trouble with them, you can post here or ping me on the obarun chat server (username: nfg2).

Best, nfg
This update solved all outstanding issues I had with FDE. Neither the manual change to the lvm2 install hook nor listing the dmsetup/lvm binaries explicitly in mkinitcpio.conf are needed anymore. Thanks for the effort.

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