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06-09-2022 07:58 PM - edited 06-09-2022 08:18 PM
Hi,
I installed two identical NVMe drives into this mini desktop. These are the only drives in it. The BIOS sees both drives, but when I try to install any Linux OS (like Ubuntu) on the system it incorrectly tells me that it can't find any hard drives in the machine! I initially had set up RAID in this system's BIOS & thought that was the issue I was having. Unfortunately after changing it I have the same issue after setting it to non-RAID, so I'm not sure what I'm missing. I've seen other posts where people are running these same systems with two NVMe drives, so I know it's possible. Any ideas or suggestions to try?
Also , this system's BIOS has TONS of fields which I'm not familiar with on other computers. I tried to find information to better understand it, but was having trouble. Does anyone have a pointer to a good resource?
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06-10-2022 09:04 AM - edited 06-11-2022 03:38 PM
After dickering (yep that's the technical term) in this system's over-complicated but not documented BIOS, I was able to get an OS installed on this system.
Solution: Don't use the "hardware RAID" with Linux as it will not work. If you need RAID, then use software RAID which does work.
06-10-2022 09:04 AM - edited 06-11-2022 03:38 PM
After dickering (yep that's the technical term) in this system's over-complicated but not documented BIOS, I was able to get an OS installed on this system.
Solution: Don't use the "hardware RAID" with Linux as it will not work. If you need RAID, then use software RAID which does work.
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