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'debootstrap' is one of my favourite parts of debian - and you can use it from other distros as well! It lets you setup a debian install in a directory for use with a container/chroot/etc .
My most recent two uses are 1) Building up a new debian install on an existing machine running a different distro in an LVM LV on the running system and configoring it, ready to go on reboot 2) Installing a very old debian chroot for some testing.

'fsadm' is a command line tool that can resize a filesystem and the underlying lvm or luks partition at the same time, for ext* and XFS. It avoids the need to remember to do the lvm lv resize, and the filesystem resize dance separately.
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/

I hate trying to work with OS/2. I'm told this worked on IBM systems, but it's a pain in the ass on anything else. Right now, it can see the drive, crate partitions, but not volumes. And it needs volumes to install.
I'm at the point where I be happy if it nuked my two windows installs (because I can put those back) if it would just install itself....
#retrocomputing